Abu al-Fadl, Ramle

Abu al-Fadl
أبو الفضل/السطرية
al-Satariyya
Village
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Abu al-Fadl is located in Mandatory Palestine
Abu al-Fadl
Abu al-Fadl
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°56′37″N 34°50′53″E / 31.94361°N 34.84806°E / 31.94361; 34.84806
Palestine grid135/150
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation9 May 1948[3]
Area
 • Total2,870 dunams (2.87 km2 or 1.11 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total510[1][2]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesSitria[4][5] Talmey Menashe[5]

Abu al-Fadl (Arabic: أبو الفضل/السطرية) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict, about 4 km (2.5 mi) northwest of Ramla in, what was until 1948, Mandatory Palestine. The village was also known as al-Satariyya. In 1945/44, the village had a population of 510.

  1. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #233. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, Settlement #87, established 1949.
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 357

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