Hulayqat

Hulayqat

حليقات
Hulayqat حليقات
Village
	Hulayqat, before 1948
	Etymology: the circles
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Hulayqat (click the buttons)
	Hulayqat Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°36′3″N 34°38′59″E / 31.60083°N 34.64972°E
Palestine grid	116/112
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	May 12, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	420
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall

Hulayqat was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 20.5 km northeast of Gaza.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village No. 317. Also gives cause for depopulation

Hulayqat حليقات
Village
Hulayqat, before 1948
Etymology: the circles^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Hulayqat (click the buttons)
Hulayqat Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′3″N 34°38′59″E / 31.60083°N 34.64972°E / 31.60083; 34.64972
Palestine grid	116/112
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	May 12, 1948^[4]
Population (1945)
• Total	420^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Influence of nearby town's fall