Barqusya

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Barqusya

Barqusya
Arabic
Subdistrict	Hebron
Coordinates	31°40′46.05″N 34°49′23.80″E / 31.6794583°N 34.8232778°E / 31.6794583; 34.8232778Coordinates: 31°40′46.05″N 34°49′23.80″E / 31.6794583°N 34.8232778°E / 31.6794583; 34.8232778
Population	330 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation	Not known^[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation

Barqusya (also: Barkusya, Arabic: بركوسيا‎) 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.

References

↑ Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #291. Morris gives both cause and date for depopulation as "Not known"

Bibliography

Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. ( pp. 414 -415)
Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Vol 1; Judee, pt. 2. (p. 121 )
Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-00967-7.
Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. “variegated” p. 266.

External links

Welcome To Barqusya
Barqusya, from the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center

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