Idnibba

Idnibba
إدنبّة
Dhenebbeh
Etymology: The lower part of a valley through which water flows.[1]
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Idnibba is located in Mandatory Palestine
Idnibba
Idnibba
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′32″N 34°51′22″E / 31.74222°N 34.85611°E / 31.74222; 34.85611
Palestine grid136/127
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 9–10, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total8,103 dunams (8.103 km2 or 3.129 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total490[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesKfar Menahem

Idnibba (Arabic: إدنبّة) was a Palestinian village, located at latitude 31.7426937N and longitude 34.8561001,E in the southern part of the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated in 1948, at which time its population was 568, and its lands are now used by Kfar Menahem.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 267
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. XIX, village #270 "Idhnibba". Also gives cause of depopulation.

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