Khirbat Zalafa

Khirbat Zalafa

خربة زلفة
Khirbet Zalafa, Zalafa
Khirbat Zalafa خربة زلفة Khirbet Zalafa, Zalafa
	Etymology: "The cistern"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Zalafa (click the buttons)
	Khirbat Zalafa Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°24′14″N 34°56′33″E / 32.40389°N 34.94250°E
Palestine grid	144/201
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	April 15, 1948
Area (6,865 Arab, 617 Jewish, 231 Public)
• Total	7,713 dunams (7.713 km2 or 2.978 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	210
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting

Khirbat Zalafa (Arabic: خربة زلفة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict, located about 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) northwest of Tulkarm. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war. It was occupied by Yishuv forces on April 15, 1948 as a part of operation "Coastal Clearing."^[5]

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 196
^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #185. Also gives cause(s) of depopulation.
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #185

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 196

[2] Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #185. Also gives cause(s) of depopulation.

[1945p21-3] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21

[Hadawi76-4] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76

[5] Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #185

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Khirbat Zalafa خربة زلفة Khirbet Zalafa, Zalafa
Etymology: "The cistern"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Zalafa (click the buttons)
Khirbat Zalafa Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°24′14″N 34°56′33″E / 32.40389°N 34.94250°E / 32.40389; 34.94250
Palestine grid	144/201
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	April 15, 1948^[2]
Area (6,865 Arab, 617 Jewish, 231 Public)
• Total	7,713 dunams (7.713 km² or 2.978 sq mi)
Population (1945)^[3]^[4]
• Total	210
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting