Khirbat Al-Lawz

Khirbat Al-Lawz
خربة اللوز
Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s
Map of Khirbat Al-Lawz-area, 1870s
Etymology: the ruin of the almond[1]
1870s map
1940s map
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Khirbat Al-Lawz is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat Al-Lawz
Khirbat Al-Lawz
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′04″N 35°06′41″E / 31.76778°N 35.11139°E / 31.76778; 35.11139
Palestine grid160/130
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJerusalem
Date of depopulationJuly 13, 1948
Area
 • Total4,502 dunams (4.502 km2 or 1.738 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total450[2][3]

Khirbat Al-Lawz was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, by the Har'el Brigade of Operation Dani. It was located 11 km west of Jerusalem, situated north of Wadi al-Sarar.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 308
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57

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