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Al-Damun
Al-Damun
الدامون Damun[1] | |
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  Al-Damun Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°52′37″N 35°10′59″E / 32.87694°N 35.18306°E | |
| Palestine grid | 167/254 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 15–16 July 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 20,357 dunams (20.4 km2 or 7.9 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,310[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Damun (Arabic: الدامون, al-Dâmûn), was a Palestinian Arab village located 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) from the city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, the village had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Al-Damun bordered the al-Na'amin River (Belus River), which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 108
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #90. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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