Bir Salim

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Bir Salim
بئر سالم
Village
Orange groves at Bir Salim
Orange groves at Bir Salim
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
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A series of historical maps of the area around Bir Salim (click the buttons)
Bir Salim is located in Mandatory Palestine
Bir Salim
Bir Salim
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°55′33″N 34°49′41″E / 31.92583°N 34.82806°E / 31.92583; 34.82806
Palestine grid133/148
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulationMay 9, 1948
Area
 • Total3,401 dunams (3.401 km2 or 1.313 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total410
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesNetzer Sereni

Bir Salim (Arabic: بئر سالم) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.

History

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 410 Muslims, while the total land area was 3,401 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 742 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 510 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, 1,468 dunums were for cereals, while 681 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.

Bir Salim 1941 1:20,000
Bir Salim 1945 1:250,000

1948, aftermath

Netzer Sereni was established on village land in 1948.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  2. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #248. Also gives cause of depopulation
  4. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #11.
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 371.
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 114
  7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 164

Bibliography

  • Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
  • Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
  • Khalidi, W. (1992). All That Remains:The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
  • Morris, B. (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.

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