Khirbat Al-Lawz

Khirbat Al-Lawz

خربة اللوز
Khirbat Al-Lawz خربة اللوز
	Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s
	Etymology: the ruin of the almond
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Lawz (click the buttons)
	Khirbat Al-Lawz Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E / 31.76778°N 35.11139°E
Palestine grid	160/130
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 13, 1948
Area
• Total	4,502 dunams (4.502 km2 or 1.738 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	450

Khirbat Al-Lawz was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 11 km west of Jerusalem, situated north of Wadi al-Sarar.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 308
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57

Khirbat Al-Lawz خربة اللوز
Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s
Etymology: the ruin of the almond^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Lawz (click the buttons)
Khirbat Al-Lawz Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E / 31.76778°N 35.11139°E / 31.76778; 35.11139
Palestine grid	160/130
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 13, 1948
Area
• Total	4,502 dunams (4.502 km² or 1.738 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	450^[2]^[3]