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Al-Batani al-Sharqi
al-Batani al-Sharqi
البطاني الشرقي | |
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| Etymology: The eastern Butani[1] | |
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  al-Batani al-Sharqi Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°45′07″N 34°43′24″E / 31.75194°N 34.72333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 123/128 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 13, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,764 dunams (5.8 km2 or 2.2 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 650[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | None |
Al-Batani al-Sharqi (Arabic: البطاني الشرقي) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 36.5 kilometers (22.7 mi) northeast of Gaza situated in the flat terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine. It had a population of 650 in 1945. Al-Batani al-Sharqi was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 267
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #278, Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, pp.84-85.
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