Zikrin
Zikrin (Arabic: ذكرين), pronounced Dhikrin, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. The site is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Beit Gubrin and sits at a mean elevation of 212 metres (696 ft) above sea-level, its access somewhat impeded by hedges of buckthorn and cactus. The entire site is dotted with grottoes and caves, and razed structures.
Zikrin
ذكرين Dhikerin | |
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Façade of ruined house in Khirbet Dhikrin | |
| Etymology: Dhikerin el Baradan; Dhikerin the cool | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Zikrin (click the buttons) | |
Zikrin Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°39′48″N 34°51′38″E | |
| Palestine grid | 136/119 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Hebron |
| Date of depopulation | 22–23 October 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,195 dunams (17.195 km2 or 6.639 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 960 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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