Al-Ghazzawiyya

Ghazzawiyya
الغزاويه
al-Ghazawiya, Arab al Ghazawiya tribe[1],
Arab Abu Hashiya (Frantzman)
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Ghazzawiyya is located in Mandatory Palestine
Ghazzawiyya
Ghazzawiyya
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°30′08″N 35°32′30″E / 32.50222°N 35.54167°E / 32.50222; 35.54167
Palestine grid200/212
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulationMay 20, 1948[1]
Area
 • Total18,408[3] dunams (18.4 km2 or 7.1 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,020[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesNeve Eitan,[4] Maoz Haim[4]

Al-Ghazzawiyya (Arabic: الغزاويه), was a Palestinian village located 2 kilometers east of the city of Bet Shean (Bisan). In 1945, the population was 1,640, 1,020 Arab and 620 Jewish.[5]

  1. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #134. Gives depopulation cause as (?) (C)
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Khalidi49 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 48

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