Al-Burj, Khirbat
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Al-Burj, Khirbat
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| Al-Burj | |
 Al-Burj
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| Arabic | |
| District | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°30′34.35″N 34°56′26.20″E / 32.5095417°N 34.940611°ECoordinates: 32°30′34.35″N 34°56′26.20″E / 32.5095417°N 34.940611°E |
| Population | |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | February 15, 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | |
Al-Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on February 15, 1948. It was located 34.5 km south of Haifa. al-Burj contained a khirbat named Tel al-Burayj.[1]
The village lands consisted of 5,291 Dunums, 15 of which were owned by Arabs, 4,933 owned by Jews, and 343 were public.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-00967-7, 9780521009676
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