Zarnuqa

Zarnuqa

زرنوقة
Zarnuqa زرنوقة
	Village mosque in 2016.
	Etymology: "The rivulet"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Zarnuqa (click the buttons)
	Zarnuqa Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°52′47″N 34°47′17″E / 31.87972°N 34.78806°E
Palestine grid	130/143
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	27–28 May 1948
Area
• Total	7,545 dunams (7.545 km2 or 2.913 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,380
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Rehovot, Kvutzat Shiller, Gibton and Givat Brenner

Zarnuqa (Arabic: زرنوقة), also Zarnuga,^[5] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated on 27–28 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 277
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 30
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 68
^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #250. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ Reuter, 2004, pp. 95-6

Zarnuqa زرنوقة
Village mosque in 2016.
Etymology: "The rivulet"^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Zarnuqa (click the buttons)
Zarnuqa Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′47″N 34°47′17″E / 31.87972°N 34.78806°E / 31.87972; 34.78806
Palestine grid	130/143
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	27–28 May 1948^[4]
Area
• Total	7,545 dunams (7.545 km² or 2.913 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	2,380^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Rehovot, Kvutzat Shiller, Gibton and Givat Brenner