Julis, Gaza

Julis
جولس
Etymology: personal name[1]
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Julis is located in Mandatory Palestine
Julis
Julis
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°40′54″N 34°39′13″E / 31.68167°N 34.65361°E / 31.68167; 34.65361
Palestine grid117/121
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulationJune 11, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total13,584 dunams (13.584 km2 or 5.245 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,030[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesHodaya[5]

Julis (Arabic: جولس) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 26.5 kilometers (16.5 mi) northeast of Gaza on a slight elevation along the southern coastal plain. In 1945, there were 1,030 inhabitants in the village. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[6]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 267
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #287. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  5. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 116
  6. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p.115.

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