Khirbat al-Buwayra

Khirbat al-Buwayra was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948, under the second phase of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km southeast of Ramla.

Khirbat al-Buwayra خربة البويرة
Village
Etymology: the little pit[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Buwayra (click the buttons)
Khirbat al-Buwayra Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′27″N 35°00′52″E
Palestine grid	151/142
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Ramle
Date of depopulation	July 15, 1948
Population  (1945)
• Total	190[2][3]

History

By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from Qatanna settled Khirbat al-Buwayra, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village.^[4]

In the 1931 census El Buweiyiri had 101 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 17 houses.^[5]

In the 1945 statistics, it had a population of 190 Muslims^[2] and 1,150 dunums of land.^[3] Of this, 31 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, 316 dunums were used for cereals,^[6] while 803 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.^[7]

The center of the village contained many wells and the village has a khirba with the foundation of a building with cisterns. Today the village area is used as a military training ground by the Israeli Army.^[8]

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  Khirbat al-Buwayra from 1919 survey 1:20,000.
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  Khirbat al-Buwayra 1945 1:250,000 (bottom left quadrant)