Saydun
Saydun (Arabic: صيدون) was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 6, 1948, during Operation Nachshon. It was located 9 km south of Ramla on the east bank of Wadi Saydun.
Saydun
صيدون | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from Zidon | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Saydun (click the buttons) | |
Saydun Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°50′28″N 34°54′17″E | |
| Palestine grid | 141/138 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | not known |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 210 |
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