Al-Sawalima
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Al-Sawalima was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 30, 1948. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km north of the al-'Awja River.
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Al-Sawalima
السوالمة | |
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Village | |
Etymology: es Sûâlimîyeh, the ruin of the Sâlem family[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 34°50′51″E | |
Palestine grid | 134/170 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jaffa |
Date of depopulation | March 30, 1948[2] |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 800[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Neve Sharett |
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