Qaqun

Qaqun

قاقون
Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun
Qaqun قاقون Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun
	In the Crusader period, a castle called Caco or Cacho stood here, of which an 8.5m tower survives.
	Etymology: from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Qaqun (click the buttons)
	Qaqun Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°21′36″N 34°59′43″E / 32.36000°N 34.99528°E
Palestine grid	149/196
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	5 June 1948
Area
• Total	41,767 dunams (41.767 km2 or 16.126 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,970
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	HaMa'apil, Gan Yoshiya, Ometz, ´Olesh, Haniel, Yikon

Qaqun (Arabic: قاقون) was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.^[7]

Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site.^[8] Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period^[8] and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

^ Pringle, 1997, pp. 83-84
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 183
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #187. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Khalidi, 1992, p. 560
^ Ahmad Hasan Joudah (1987). Revolt in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century: The Era of Shaykh Zahir Al-'Umar. Kingston Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-940670-11-9.
^ ^a ^b Benvenisti, 2000, p. 302

[Pringle-1] Pringle, 1997, pp. 83-84

[2] Palmer, 1881, p. 183

[1945p21-3] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21

[Hadawi76-4] Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76

[Morris184-5] Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #187. Also gives cause of depopulation

[Khalidi560-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Khalidi, 1992, p. 560

[Joudah-7] Ahmad Hasan Joudah (1987). Revolt in Palestine in the Eighteenth Century: The Era of Shaykh Zahir Al-'Umar. Kingston Press. p. 69. ISBN 0-940670-11-9.

[p302-8] Benvenisti, 2000, p. 302

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Qaqun قاقون Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun
In the Crusader period, a castle called Caco or Cacho stood here, of which an 8.5m tower survives.^[1]
Etymology: from personal name^[2]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Qaqun (click the buttons)
Qaqun Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°21′36″N 34°59′43″E / 32.36000°N 34.99528°E / 32.36000; 34.99528
Palestine grid	149/196
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	5 June 1948^[5]
Area
• Total	41,767 dunams (41.767 km² or 16.126 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	1,970^[3]^[4]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	HaMa'apil,^[6] Gan Yoshiya,^[6] Ometz,^[6] ´Olesh,^[6] Haniel,^[6] Yikon^[6]