Barqusya
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| Barqusya | |
 Barqusya
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| Arabic | |
| Sub-district | Hebron |
| Coordinates | 31°40′46.05″N 34°49′23.80″E / 31.6794583°N 34.823278°ECoordinates: 31°40′46.05″N 34°49′23.80″E / 31.6794583°N 34.823278°E |
| Population | 330 (1945) |
| Area | |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[1] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation |
Barqusya was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Hebron. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 9, 1948 under Operation An-Far. It was located 31 km northwest of Hebron.
In 1945 it had a population of 330. The village had one artesian well which was used in the late 19th century.
[edit] References
- ^ Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #291. Morris gives both cause and date for depopulation as "Not known"
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Khalidi, Walid (1992), All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948, Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies, ISBN 0-88728-224-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6. http://books.google.com/?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=benny+morris&q.
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