Al-Kunayyisa

Al-Kunayyisa

الكنيّسة
Al-Kunayyisa الكنيّسة
	Ruin in Al-Kunayyisa
	Etymology: The church
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Kunayyisa (click the buttons)
	Al-Kunayyisa Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°57′27″E / 31.88833°N 34.95750°E
Palestine grid	146/144
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 10, 1948
Area
• Total	3,872 dunams (3.872 km2 or 1.495 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	40
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Kunayyisa (Arabic: الكنيسة) was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on July 10, 1948, under the first stage of Operation Dani. It was located 12 km southeast of Ramla.

^ Palmer, 1881, p.298
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village No. 243. Also gives cause of depopulation

Al-Kunayyisa الكنيّسة
Ruin in Al-Kunayyisa
Etymology: The church^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Kunayyisa (click the buttons)
Al-Kunayyisa Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′18″N 34°57′27″E / 31.88833°N 34.95750°E / 31.88833; 34.95750
Palestine grid	146/144
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 10, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	3,872 dunams (3.872 km² or 1.495 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	40^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces