Khirbat al-Sawamir

Khirbat al-Sawamir
Etymology: "Places of nocturnal entertainment"[1]
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Khirbat al-Sawamir is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat al-Sawamir
Khirbat al-Sawamir
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°37′43″N 34°57′30″E / 32.62861°N 34.95833°E / 32.62861; 34.95833
Palestine grid146/226
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 22, 1948
Population
 (1931)
 • Total1,439 together with Ayn Ghazal[2]
Current LocalitiesOfer[3]

Khirbat al-Sawamir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 22, 1948. It was located 22 kilometres south of Haifa.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 153
  2. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 90
  3. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 191

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