Al-Muharraqa
Al-Muharraqa (Arabic: المحرّقة) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 14.5 kilometers (9.0 mi) east of Gaza city. The village laid on rolling terrain on the southern coastal plain of Palestine, on a bend in the wadi. It had an elevation of 125 meters (410 ft) and a total land area of 4,855 dunams, most of which was public property, while its built-up area of 29 dunams was Arab-owned. Al-Muharraqa was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
al-Muharraqa
المحرّقة al-Muharrqah | |
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| Etymology: Kh. Muntaret el Baghl: "the ruin of the watch tower of the mule" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Muharraqa (click the buttons) | |
al-Muharraqa Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°28′01″N 34°36′41″E | |
| Palestine grid | 113/097 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 25, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,855 dunams (4.855 km2 or 1.875 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 580 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Yakhini |
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