Sufla
Sufla (Arabic: سفلى) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948, by the Sixth Battalion of the Harel Brigade under Operation Ha-Har. It was located 18.5 km west of Jerusalem.
Sufla
سفلى | |
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| Etymology: the low ground | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Sufla (click the buttons) | |
Sufla Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′5″N 35°2′28″E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/126 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | October 19, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,061 dunams (2.061 km2 or 509 acres) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 60 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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