Summil
صميل Summeil[1] | |
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| Etymology: "Hard and withered"[2] | |
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  Summil Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°39′56″N 34°47′43″E / 31.66556°N 34.79528°E | |
| Grid position | 130/119 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | mid-July, 1948[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 19,304 dunams (19.304 km2 or 7.453 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 950[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Kedma,[6] Sgula,[6] Menuha,[6] Nahala,[6] Vardon[6] |
Summil (Arabic: صميل) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 36 kilometers (22 mi) northeast of Gaza. It was situated on a sandy hill in the coastal plain and had a population of 950 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[6]
- ^ Spelling given in Morris, 2004
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 379
- ^ 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 #298. Also gives cause for depopulation
- ^ a b c d e f Khalidi, 1992, p. 137.
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