Kharruba

Kharruba
خروبة
Kharruba, 2008
Kharruba, 2008
Etymology: The carob, or locust tree[1]
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Kharruba is located in Mandatory Palestine
Kharruba
Kharruba
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°54′44″N 34°57′38″E / 31.91222°N 34.96056°E / 31.91222; 34.96056
Palestine grid146/146
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 12–15, 1948[3]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total170[2]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Kharruba remains and beyond them the industrial zone of Modi'in

Kharruba was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, near Modi'in. It was located 8 km east of Ramla. It was depopulated on July 12, 1948, during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 299
  2. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #242. Also gives cause of depopulation

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