Tall al-Turmus
تل الترمس Tell at-Turmus | |
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| Etymology: "The mound of the lupine"[1] | |
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  Tall al-Turmus Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′33″N 34°46′22″E / 31.72583°N 34.77278°E | |
| Palestine grid | 128/125 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | July, 1948[4] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11,508 dunams (11.508 km2 or 4.443 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 760[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Timorim[5] |
Tall al-Turmus (Arabic: تل الترمس) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located on a low hill on the coastal plain of Palestine, 38 kilometers (24 mi) northeast of Gaza. In 1945, it had a population of 760 and a land area of 11,508 dunams. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[5]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 275
- ^ Government of Palestine, 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 #276. Also gives cause of depopulation,
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 138
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