Kuwaykat

Kuwaykat

كويكات
Kuwaykat كويكات
	Sheikh Abu Muhammad tomb
	Etymology: "Huts" (possibly)
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Kuwaykat (click the buttons)
	Kuwaykat Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°58′16″N 35°08′48″E / 32.97111°N 35.14667°E
Palestine grid	164/264
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	10 July 1948
Area
• Total	4,733 dunams (4.733 km2 or 1.827 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,050
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Beit HaEmek

Kuwaykat (Arabic: كويكات), also spelled Kuweikat, Kweikat or Kuwaikat, was a Palestinian village located 9 km northeast of Acre. It was depopulated in 1948.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 51
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40
^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #86. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #45, January 1949
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 22

[1] Palmer, 1881, p. 51

[1945p4-2] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4

[Hadawi40-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40

[4] Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #86. Also gives cause of depopulation

[5] Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #45, January 1949

[Khalidi22-6] Khalidi, 1992, p. 22

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Kuwaykat كويكات
Sheikh Abu Muhammad tomb
Etymology: "Huts" (possibly)^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Kuwaykat (click the buttons)
Kuwaykat Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°58′16″N 35°08′48″E / 32.97111°N 35.14667°E / 32.97111; 35.14667
Palestine grid	164/264
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Acre
Date of depopulation	10 July 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	4,733 dunams (4.733 km² or 1.827 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,050^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Beit HaEmek^[5]^[6]