Khirbat Al-Dumun
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Al-Dumun (Arabic: الدامون) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Haifa.
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Al-Dumun
خربة الدامون Khirbet al Damun[1] | |
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Etymology: Duweimîn, the little dôm trees, a kind of Zizyphus[2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°43′58″N 35°01′20″E | |
Palestine grid | 152/237 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | April 30, 1948[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,797 dunams (2.797 km2 or 1.080 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 340[3][4] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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