Khirbat al-Sawamir | |
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Etymology: "Places of nocturnal entertainment"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°37′43″N 34°57′30″E / 32.62861°N 34.95833°E | |
Palestine grid | 146/226 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | May 22, 1948 |
Population (1931) | |
• Total | 1,439 together with Ayn Ghazal[2] |
Current Localities | Ofer[3] |
Khirbat al-Sawamir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 22, 1948. It was located 22 kilometres south of Haifa.