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Khirbat Zalafa

This article is about the depopulated Palestinian village. For the Arab village that forms part of the Israeli local council of Ma'ale Iron, see Zalafa.
Khirbat Zalafa
خربة زلفة
Khirbet Zalafa, Zalafa
Etymology: "The cistern"[1]
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Khirbat Zalafa is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat Zalafa
Khirbat Zalafa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°24′14″N 34°56′33″E / 32.40389°N 34.94250°E / 32.40389; 34.94250
Palestine grid144/201
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTulkarm
Date of depopulationApril 15, 1948[2]
Area
(6,865 Arab, 617 Jewish, 231 Public)
 • Total
7,713 dunams (7.713 km2 or 2.978 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)[3][4]
 • Total
210
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting

Khirbat Zalafa (Arabic: خربة زلفة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict, located about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northwest of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war. It was occupied by Yishuv forces on April 15, 1948 as a part of operation "Coastal Clearing."[5]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 196
  2. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #185. Also gives cause(s) of depopulation.
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  4. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #185

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خربة زلفة Arabic زلفة ARZ ח'ירבת זלפה HE خربہ زلفہ UR

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