al-Sarafand
الصرفند Sarepta Yudee | |
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| Etymology: from a personal name[1] | |
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  al-Sarafand Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°38′48″N 34°56′08″E / 32.64667°N 34.93556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 144/228 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | 16 July 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,409 dunams (5.409 km2 or 2.088 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 290[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Tzrufa[5] |
Al-Sarafand (Arabic: الصرفند) was a Palestinian Arab village near the Mediterranean shore south of Haifa. In Ottoman tax records, it is shown that the village had a population of 61 inhabitants in 1596. According to a land and population survey by Sami Hadawi, al-Sarafand's population was 290 in 1945, entirely Arab.[3]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 141
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 14
- ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference
Hadawi49was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #174. Also gives causes of depopulation
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxii, settlement #124, 1949
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