Al-Sindiyana
| Al-Sindiyana | |
|---|---|
  Al-Sindiyana | |
| Arabic | السنديانة |
| Name meaning | "the evergreen oak"[1] |
| Also spelled | Sindiyana, Sindianeh |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°33′24.3″N 35°0′08.15″E / 32.556750°N 35.0022639°ECoordinates: 32°33′24.3″N 35°0′08.15″E / 32.556750°N 35.0022639°E |
| Palestine grid | 150/218 |
| Population | 1,250 (1945) |
| Area | 15,172 dunams |
| Date of depopulation | May 12–14, 1948[2] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current localities | Aviel[3] |
Al-Sindiyana (Arabic: السنديانة, Es Sindiyâna) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 12, 1948. It was located 29 km south of Haifa.
V. Guérin visited the village in the 19th century. Transcribing its name as Sendianeh, he notes there are 400 inhabitants and that its name must derive from the Arabic word sendian, meaning "evergreen oak", as these abound on the hills flanking the village.[4]
In 1945 it had a population of 1,250.[5] al-Sindiyana had an elementary school for boys founded in 1942-1943, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 200 students. The village had numerous springs and wells which provided it with water for both domestic use and irrigation.
References
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- Guérin, M. V.: (1875): Description Géographique, Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. Samarie, pt. II.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- 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
- Khaṭīb, Muḥammad Kāmil; Barakat, Maher; Hartman, Michelle (2003), Just like a river, Interlink Books, ISBN 978-1-56656-475-5
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.