Fajja

Fajja

فجّة
Fajja فجّة
	Etymology: from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Fajja (click the buttons)
	Fajja Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°05′12″N 34°54′8″E / 32.08667°N 34.90222°E
Palestine grid	141/165
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jaffa
Date of depopulation	May 15, 1948
Area
• Total	4,419 dunams (4.4 km2 or 1.7 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,200
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Current Localities	Petah Tikva

Fajja (Arabic: فجّة) was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Depopulated and destroyed during the Arab-Israeli war, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 214
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 27
^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #203. Also gives cause of depopulation.
^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi240 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

Fajja فجّة
Etymology: from personal name^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Fajja (click the buttons)
Fajja Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°05′12″N 34°54′8″E / 32.08667°N 34.90222°E / 32.08667; 34.90222
Palestine grid	141/165
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jaffa
Date of depopulation	May 15, 1948^[3]
Area
• Total	4,419 dunams (4.4 km² or 1.7 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,200^[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Whispering campaign
Current Localities	Petah Tikva^[4]