Khirbat al-Buwayra

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Khirbat al-Buwayra was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948, under the second phase of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km southeast of Ramla.

Khirbat al-Buwayra
خربة البويرة
Village
Etymology: the little pit[1]
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Khirbat al-Buwayra is located in Mandatory Palestine
Khirbat al-Buwayra
Khirbat al-Buwayra
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′27″N 35°00′52″E / 31.87417°N 35.01444°E / 31.87417; 35.01444
Palestine grid151/142
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationJuly 15, 1948
Population
 (1945)
 • Total190[2][3]

History

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By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from Qatanna settled Khirbat al-Buwayra, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village.[4]

In the 1931 census El Buweiyiri had 101 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 17 houses.[5]

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,[6] while 803 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[7]

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.[8]

References

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  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 292
  2. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
  4. ^ Marom, Roy (2022). "Lydda Sub-District: Lydda and its countryside during the Ottoman period". Diospolis – City of God: Journal of the History, Archaeology and Heritage of Lod. 8: 124.
  5. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 19
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 115
  7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 165
  8. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 372

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