Dayr Sunayd

Dayr Sunayd

دير سنيد
Deir Suneid, Deir Sineid, Der Esned^[1]
Dayr Sunayd دير سنيد Deir Suneid, Deir Sineid, Der Esned
	Etymology: "Monastery of the declivity"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Sunayd (click the buttons)
	Dayr Sunayd Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°34′28″N 34°33′18″E / 31.57444°N 34.55500°E
Palestine grid	107/109
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	Late October or early November 1948
Area
• Total	6,081 dunams (6.1 km2 or 2.4 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	730
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	None

Dayr Sunayd (Arabic: دير سنيد) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) northeast of Gaza. Situated at an elevation of 50 meters (160 ft) along the southern coastal plain of Palestine, Deir Sunayd had a total land area of 6,081 dunams.^[6] Prior to its depopulation during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, it had 730 inhabitants in 1945.^[7]

^ Cite error: The named reference Socin152 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 358
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
^ Note that Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 313, gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known"
^ Khalidi, 1992, p.92.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p.93.

[Socin152-1] Cite error: The named reference Socin152 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[2] Palmer, 1881, p. 358

[DoS1945p31-3] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31

[Khalidi45-4] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45

[5] Note that Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 313, gives both date and cause of depopulation as "Not known"

[6] Khalidi, 1992, p.92.

[Khalidi-7] Khalidi, 1992, p.93.

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Dayr Sunayd دير سنيد Deir Suneid, Deir Sineid, Der Esned^[1]
Etymology: "Monastery of the declivity"^[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr Sunayd (click the buttons)
Dayr Sunayd Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°34′28″N 34°33′18″E / 31.57444°N 34.55500°E / 31.57444; 34.55500
Palestine grid	107/109
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	Late October or early November 1948^[5]
Area
• Total	6,081 dunams (6.1 km² or 2.4 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	730^[3]^[4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	None