Bayyarat Hannun

Bayyarat Hannun
بيّارة حنون
Village
Part of Bayyarat Hannun, during construction of Netanya Stadium
Part of Bayyarat Hannun, during construction of Netanya Stadium
Etymology: from Bayyara, meaning "orchard"[1]
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Bayyarat Hannun is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bayyarat Hannun
Bayyarat Hannun
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°17′36″N 34°51′48″E / 32.29333°N 34.86333°E / 32.29333; 34.86333
Palestine grid137/188
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTulkarm
Date of depopulationEarly April 1948[3]
Population
 (1931)
 • Total559 with Ghabat Kafr Sur and 'Arab el Balawina[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary causeExpulsion by Yishuv forces

Bayyarat Hannun was a Palestinian agricultural estate in the Tulkarm Subdistrict in Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during "Operation Coastal Clearing" on March 31, 1948, in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16 km west of Tulkarm.

  1. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 551
  2. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 57
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #374. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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