Qastina

Qastina

قسطينة
Kastina^[1]
Qastina قسطينة Kastina
Village
	Shepherd with sheep in Qastina, before 1948
	Etymology: El Kustîneh, Kŭstîleh, i.e., Castellum
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Qastina (click the buttons)
	Qastina Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°44′21″N 34°45′44″E / 31.73917°N 34.76222°E
Palestine grid	127/127
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Gaza
Date of depopulation	9 July 1948
Area
• Total	12,019 dunams (12.019 km2 or 4.641 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	890
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Kfar Warburg, Arugot, Kfar Ahim, Avigdor, Kiryat Malakhi

Qastina (Arabic: قسطينة) was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.^[7]

^ Cite error: The named reference Census1922 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #275. Also gives causes of depopulation.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Khalidi, 1992, p. 131
^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi, 1992, p. 130 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).