Barbara, Gaza

Barbara

برْبره
Berbere
Barbara برْبره Berbere
	A horse race held at Barbara, Palestine, 7 September 1940, with Australian 6th Division troops watching
	Etymology: "Chattering", "barbarians"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Barbara, Gaza (click the buttons)
	Barbara Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°37′26″N 34°34′46″E / 31.62389°N 34.57944°E
Palestine grid	110/114
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	5 November 1948
Area
• Total	13,978 dunams (13.978 km2 or 5.397 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,410
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Mavki'im, Talmei Yafeh

Barbara (Arabic: برْبره) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict located 17 km northeast of Gaza city, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab population of 2,410 in 1945. The village consisted of nearly 14,000 dunums of which approximately 12,700 dunums was able to be cultivated. It was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 367
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 14 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #310. Also gives the cause for depopulation
^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi: settlement #50, January 1949.
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 82

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 367

[1945p31-2] Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 14 April 2020 at the Wayback Machine

[Hadawi45-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45

[4] Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #310. Also gives the cause for depopulation

[5] Morris, 2004, p. xxi: settlement #50, January 1949.

[Khalidi82-6] Khalidi, 1992, p. 82

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Barbara برْبره Berbere
A horse race held at Barbara, Palestine, 7 September 1940, with Australian 6th Division troops watching
Etymology: "Chattering", "barbarians"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Barbara, Gaza (click the buttons)
Barbara Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°37′26″N 34°34′46″E / 31.62389°N 34.57944°E / 31.62389; 34.57944
Palestine grid	110/114
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	5 November 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	13,978 dunams (13.978 km² or 5.397 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,410^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Mavki'im,^[5]^[6] Talmei Yafeh^[6]