Khirbat Al-Dumun

Al-Dumun خربة الدامون Khirbet al Damun[1]
Damon prison, 2010
Etymology: Duweimîn, the little dôm trees, a kind of Zizyphus[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Dumun (click the buttons)
Al-Dumun Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°43′58″N 35°01′20″E / 32.73278°N 35.02222°E / 32.73278; 35.02222
Palestine grid	152/237
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	April 30, 1948[1]
Area
• Total	2,797 dunams (2.797 km2 or 1.080 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	340[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Dumun (Arabic: الدامون) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Haifa.