Suhmata

Suhmata
سحماتا
Soukhmata[1] Sahmatah, Samueth, Samahete
Etymology: possibly from "black"[2]
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Suhmata is located in Mandatory Palestine
Suhmata
Suhmata
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°00′19″N 35°18′14″E / 33.00528°N 35.30389°E / 33.00528; 35.30389
Palestine grid179/268
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulation30 October 1948[5]
Area
 • Total17,056 dunams (17.056 km2 or 6.585 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total1,130[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesTzuriel,[6] Hosen[6]

Suhmata (Arabic: سحماتا), was a Palestinian village, located 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Acre. It was depopulated by the Golani Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

  1. ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 74
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 54
  3. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 5
  4. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, xvii, village #64. Also provides cause of depopulation.
  6. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 30

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