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Fajja

Fajja
فجّة
Etymology: from personal name[1]
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Fajja is located in Mandatory Palestine
Fajja
Fajja
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°05′12″N 34°54′8″E / 32.08667°N 34.90222°E / 32.08667; 34.90222
Palestine grid141/165
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJaffa
Date of depopulationMay 15, 1948[3]
Area
 • Total
4,419 dunams (4.4 km2 or 1.7 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,200[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Current LocalitiesPetah Tikva[4]

Fajja (Arabic: فجّة) was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 214
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 27
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #203. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi240 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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