Suruh
Suruh (Arabic: سروح), was a Palestinian Arab hamlet, located 28.5 kilometers (17.7 mi) northeast of Acre. It became depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Suruh
سروح | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: personal name, possibly from "to flow freely" (water) or "to pasture at large" (cattle) | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Suruh (click the buttons) | |
Suruh Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°05′06″N 35°17′35″E | |
| Palestine grid | 177/276 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | early November 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 18,563 dunams (18.563 km2 or 7.167 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,000 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Shomera, Even Menachem, Kefar Rosenwald, Shtula |
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