Shahma
شحمة Shameh | |
|---|---|
Village | |
| Etymology: from personal name[1] | |
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  Shahma Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′19″N 34°48′48″E / 31.82194°N 34.81333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 132/136 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,875 dunams (6.875 km2 or 2.654 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 280[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Shahma (Arabic: شحمة) was a Palestinian Arab village located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Ramla.[5] Depopulated on the eve of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village lands today form part of a fenced-in area used by the Israeli Air Force.[4][6]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 273
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #262. Also provides cause of depopulation.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Khalidi, 1992, p. 414was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 415
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