Sarafand al-Kharab
Sarafand al-Kharab (Arabic: صرفند الخراب) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level, 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) west of Ramla, in the area that is today northeast of Ness Ziona.
Sarafand al-Kharab
صرفند الخراب | |
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| Etymology: Kh Surafend; the ruin of Surafend | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Sarafand al-Kharab (click the buttons) | |
Sarafand al-Kharab Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′11″N 34°48′20″E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/149 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | April 20, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,503 dunams (5.503 km2 or 2.125 sq mi) |
| —3,545 Arab-owned, 1,611 Jewish-owned, 347 public lands | |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,040 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Ness Ziona |
The village is believed to have been settled by Bedouins and Egyptians in the late 19th century, on the ruins of an earlier site.
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