Kharruba

Kharruba

خروبة
Kharruba خروبة
	Kharruba, 2008
	Etymology: The carob, or locust tree
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Kharruba (click the buttons)
	Kharruba Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°54′44″N 34°57′38″E / 31.91222°N 34.96056°E
Palestine grid	146/146
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 12–15, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	170
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Kharruba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, near Modi'in. It was located 8 km east of Ramla. It was depopulated on July 12, 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 299
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 242. Also gives cause of depopulation

Kharruba خروبة
Kharruba, 2008
Etymology: The carob, or locust tree^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Kharruba (click the buttons)
Kharruba Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°54′44″N 34°57′38″E / 31.91222°N 34.96056°E / 31.91222; 34.96056
Palestine grid	146/146
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 12–15, 1948^[3]
Population (1945)
• Total	170^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces