Burayka

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Burayka
Burayka
Arabic
Also Spelled Bureika[1]
Subdistrict Haifa
Coordinates 32°33′29.05″N 34°58′39.40″E / 32.5580694°N 34.9776111°E / 32.5580694; 34.9776111Coordinates: 32°33′29.05″N 34°58′39.40″E / 32.5580694°N 34.9776111°E / 32.5580694; 34.9776111
Population 290 (1945)
Area
Date of depopulation May 5, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall

Burayka was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 5, 1948. It was located 29 km south of Haifa.

A school, founded in 1889 during the Ottoman period, was located in the village, but was closed during the British Mandate period.

In 1945 the village had a population of 290.

Today, a civilian explosives factory is located on the site.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Morris, 2004, p.xviii village #161. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  2. "תעשיות חרושת חומרי נפץ - היסטוריה" [Explosives industries - History]. Retrieved 30 November 2010. 

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