Zarnuqa

Zarnuqa
زرنوقة
Village mosque in 2016.
Village mosque in 2016.
Etymology: "The rivulet"[1]
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Zarnuqa (click the buttons)
Zarnuqa is located in Mandatory Palestine
Zarnuqa
Zarnuqa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′47″N 34°47′17″E / 31.87972°N 34.78806°E / 31.87972; 34.78806
Palestine grid130/143
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation27–28 May 1948[4]
Area
 • Total7,545 dunams (7.545 km2 or 2.913 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total2,380[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesRehovot, Kvutzat Shiller, Gibton and Givat Brenner

Zarnuqa (Arabic: زرنوقة), also Zarnuga,[5] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated on 27–28 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 277
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #250. Also gives cause of depopulation
  5. ^ Reuter, 2004, pp. 95-6