Al-Sawalima

Al-Sawalima
السوالمة
Village
Etymology: es Sûâlimîyeh, the ruin of the Sâlem family[1]
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Al-Sawalima is located in Mandatory Palestine
Al-Sawalima
Al-Sawalima
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 34°50′51″E / 32.11639°N 34.84750°E / 32.11639; 34.84750
Palestine grid134/170
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJaffa
Date of depopulationMarch 30, 1948[4]
Population
 (1945)
 • Total800[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationFear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary causeInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesNeve Sharett

Al-Sawalima was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 30, 1948. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km north of the al-'Awja River.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 215
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 28
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 53
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #198. Also gives causes of depopulation

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