Yajur, Haifa

Yajur

ياجور
Yajur ياجور
	Etymology: from personal name
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Yajur, Haifa (click the buttons)
	Yajur Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°45′31″N 35°03′26″E / 32.75861°N 35.05722°E
Palestine grid	155/240
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	April 25, 1948
Area
• Total	2,720 dunams (2.72 km2 or 1.05 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	610
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Yagur

Yajur (Arabic: ياجور, Yâjûr) was a Palestinian Arab village located 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 25, 1948.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 120
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 15
^ ^a ^b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 49
^ Morris, 2004, xvii, village #143. Also gives causes of depopulation.
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 203

Yajur ياجور

Etymology: from personal name^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Yajur, Haifa (click the buttons)
Yajur Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°45′31″N 35°03′26″E / 32.75861°N 35.05722°E / 32.75861; 35.05722
Palestine grid	155/240
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	April 25, 1948^[4]
Area ^[3]
• Total	2,720 dunams (2.72 km² or 1.05 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	610^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Military assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Yagur^[5]