Al-Na'ani

Al-Na'ani

النعاني
en-Ni'aneh^[1]
Al-Na'ani النعاني en-Ni'aneh
	Etymology: The plant "mint"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Na'ani (click the buttons)
	Al-Na'ani Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°52′20″N 34°52′24″E / 31.87222°N 34.87333°E
Palestine grid	138/142
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	May 14, 1948
Area
• Total	9,768 dunams (9.768 km2 or 3.771 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,470
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Current Localities	Na'an, Ramot Me'ir

Al-Na'ani, also called Al-Ni'ana, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 14, 1948, by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak. It was located 6 km south of Ramle.

^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 120
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
^ Department of Statistics, p. 30
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #247. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 400

Al-Na'ani النعاني en-Ni'aneh^[1]
Etymology: The plant "mint"^[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Na'ani (click the buttons)
Al-Na'ani Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′20″N 34°52′24″E / 31.87222°N 34.87333°E / 31.87222; 34.87333
Palestine grid	138/142
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	May 14, 1948^[5]
Area ^[4]
• Total	9,768 dunams (9.768 km² or 3.771 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,470^[3]^[4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Current Localities	Na'an,^[6] Ramot Me'ir^[6]