Kawfakha
كوفخة Kaufakha | |
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 Old mosque of Kawfakha, in 2000, presently used as a storehouse | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Kawfakha (click the buttons) | |
  Kawfakha Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°28′42″N 34°39′42″E / 31.47833°N 34.66167°E | |
| Palestine grid | 117/098 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948[3] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 8,569 dunams (8.569 km2 or 3.309 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 500[1][2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Nir Akiva[4] |
Kawfakha' (Arabic: كوفخة) was a Palestinian village located 18 kilometers (11 mi) east of Gaza that was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #368. Also gives the cause of depopulation.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Khalidi, 1992, p.120was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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