Khirbat al-Buwayra
Khirbat al-Buwayra
خربة البويرة | ||
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Village | ||
| Etymology: the little pit[1] | ||
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Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
| Subdistrict | Ramle | |
| Date of depopulation | July 15, 1948 | |
| Population (1945) | ||
| • Total | 190[2][3] | |
Khirbat al-Buwayra was a
Operation Dani. It was located 15 km southeast of Ramla
.
History
In the 1931 census El Buweiyiri had 101 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 17 houses.[4]
In the 1945 statistics, it had a population of 190 Muslims[2] and 1,150 dunums of land.[3] Of this, 31 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, 316 dunums were used for cereals,[5] while 803 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[6]
The center of the village contained many wells and the village has a khirba with the foundation of a building with cisterns. Today the village area is used as a military training ground by the
Israeli Army.[7]
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Khirbat al-Buwayra from 1919 survey 1:20,000. -
Khirbat al-Buwayra 1945 1:250,000 (bottom left quadrant)
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 292
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 19
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 115
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 165
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 372
Bibliography
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
External links
- Welcome To al-Buwayra, Khirbat
- Khirbat Buwayra, Zochrot
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
