Sarafand al-Kharab
صرفند الخراب | |
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| Etymology: Kh Surafend; the ruin of Surafend[1] | |
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  Sarafand al-Kharab Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′11″N 34°48′20″E / 31.93639°N 34.80556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/149 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,503 dunams (5.503 km2 or 2.125 sq mi) |
| —3,545 Arab-owned, 1,611 Jewish-owned, 347 public lands | |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,040[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Ness Ziona[6] |
Sarafand al-Kharab (Arabic: صرفند الخراب) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of Ramla, in the area that is today northeast of Ness Ziona.[7]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 215
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #234. Also gives cause of depopulation.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 117
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 413
- ^ "Sarafand al-Kharab". Palestine Remembered. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
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