Al-Zuq al-Fawqani

Al-Zuq al-Fawqani

Zuq al-Hajj
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani Zuq al-Hajj
Village
	Etymology: Kh. Zûk el Hâj, the pilgrim’s town or village. Zak is a local Syriac word
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Zuq al-Fawqani (click the buttons)
	Al-Zuq al-Fawqani Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 33°14′37″N 35°35′30″E / 33.24361°N 35.59167°E
Palestine grid	205/294
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 21, 1948
Area
• Total	1,832 dunams (1.832 km2 or 453 acres)
Population (1945)
• Total	160
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Yuval

Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km northeast of Safad.

Al-Zuq al-Fawqani Zuq al-Hajj
Village
Etymology: Kh. Zûk el Hâj, the pilgrim’s town or village. Zak is a local Syriac word^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Zuq al-Fawqani (click the buttons)
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°14′37″N 35°35′30″E / 33.24361°N 35.59167°E / 33.24361; 35.59167
Palestine grid	205/294
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Safad
Date of depopulation	May 21, 1948^[3]
Area
• Total	1,832 dunams (1.832 km² or 453 acres)
Population (1945)
• Total	160^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Yuval