Saqiya
Saqiya (Arabic: ساقِية, the Arabic name of a mechanical water lifting device) was a village in Palestine (Jaffa district) 8.5 kilometers (5.3 mi) away from Jaffa, depopulated in 1948.
Saqiya
ساقِية | |
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| Etymology: "The water wheel" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Saqiya (click the buttons) | |
Saqiya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°01′44″N 34°50′35″E | |
| Palestine grid | 135/159 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | 25 April 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,850 dunams (5.85 km2 or 2.26 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,100 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Or Yehuda |
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