Al-Barriyya

Al-Barriyya

البريّة
Al-Barriyya البريّة
	Etymology: The desert
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Barriyya (click the buttons)
	Al-Barriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 34°55′6″E / 31.88806°N 34.91833°E
Palestine grid	142/144
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 10–13, 1948
Area
• Total	2,831 dunams (2.831 km2 or 1.093 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	510
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Azarya, Beyt Chashmonay

Al-Barriyya was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, as part of Operation Dani. It was located 5.5 km southeast of Ramla, on the eastern bank of Wadi al-Barriyya.

The area of the destroyed village has been overbuilt by Beit Hashmonai.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 265
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #245. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #26.
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 362

Al-Barriyya البريّة
Etymology: The desert^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Barriyya (click the buttons)
Al-Barriyya Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′17″N 34°55′6″E / 31.88806°N 34.91833°E / 31.88806; 34.91833
Palestine grid	142/144
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 10–13, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	2,831 dunams (2.831 km² or 1.093 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	510^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Azarya,^[5]^[6] Beyt Chashmonay^[6]