Ammuqa
عموقه Amuka, 'Amuqa | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Etymology: "deep"[1] | |
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  Ammuqa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°00′22″N 35°31′13″E / 33.00611°N 35.52028°E | |
| Palestine grid | 198/267 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | 24 May 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,574 dunams (2.574 km2 or 636 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 140[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Amuka[5] |
Ammuqa (also transliterated 'Amuqa and Amuka) was a Palestinian village, located five kilometres northeast of Safed.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 66
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945, quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village # 47. Also gives the cause of depopulation.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 434
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