Khirbat Al-Burj
| Khirbat Al-Burj | |
|---|---|
  Khirbat Al-Burj | |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°30′34.35″N 34°56′26.20″E / 32.5095417°N 34.9406111°ECoordinates: 32°30′34.35″N 34°56′26.20″E / 32.5095417°N 34.9406111°E |
| Palestine grid | 144/212 |
| Date of depopulation | February 15, 1948 |
Khirbat Al-Burj was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine War on February 15, 1948. It was located 34.5 km south of Haifa. Khirbat al-Burj contained a khirbat named Tel al-Burayj.[1]
The village lands consisted of 5,291 dunums, 15 of which were owned by Arabs, 4,933 owned by Jews, and 343 were public.[2]
References
Bibliography
- 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
- Morris, Benny (2004), The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6
External list
- Welcome To al-Burj, Khirbat, Palestine Remembered
- al-Burj, Khirbat from Khalil Sakakini Cultural Centre