Dayr 'Amr

Dayr 'Amr دير عمرو
Village
Etymology: Kh. Deir 'Amr, the ruin of the monastery of Amr[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Dayr 'Amr (click the buttons)
Dayr 'Amr Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°46′37″N 35°05′48″E / 31.77694°N 35.09667°E / 31.77694; 35.09667
Palestine grid	159/131
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	July 17, 1948
Area
• Total	3,072 dunams (3.072 km2 or 1.186 sq mi)
Population  (1945)
• Total	10[2][3]
Current Localities	Eitanim[4]

Dayr 'Amr was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 17, 1948, by the Fourth Battalion of the Har'el Brigade, during the second stage of Operation Dan. It was located 12.5 km west of Jerusalem. Dayr 'Amr was named after a local sage known by al-Sa'i 'Amr and a shrine was in the village dedicated to him.