Sar'a

Sar'a
صرعة
Surah
Neby Samit, picture taken between 1900 and 1920
Neby Samit, picture taken between 1900 and 1920
Etymology: from Zoreah[1]
1870s map
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Sar'a is located in Mandatory Palestine
Sar'a
Sar'a
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′31″N 34°59′6″E / 31.77528°N 34.98500°E / 31.77528; 34.98500
Palestine grid148/131
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationJuly 18, 1948[2]
Area
 • Total4,967 dunams (4.967 km2 or 1.918 sq mi)
Population
 (1945[3][4])
 • Total340
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesTarum[5] Zorah

Sar'a (Arabic: صرعة), was a Palestinian Arab village located 25 km west of Jerusalem, depopulated in the 1948 war. The site lies on a hill, at an elevation of about 1,150 feet (350 m) above sea-level.[6]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 329
  2. ^ Morris, 2004, xx, village#332. Also gives cause of depopulation].
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 58
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 314
  6. ^ The Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement, London 1871, p. 93