Al-Ashrafiyya
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This article is about depopulated Palestinian village. For other places with the same name, see Ashrafiya.
Al-Ashrafiyya (Arabic: الأشرفية), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 4.5 km southwest of Baysan.
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Al-Ashrafiyya
الأشرفية Ashrafiya[1] | |
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Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°28′12″N 35°28′17″E | |
Palestine grid | 194/208 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Baysan |
Date of depopulation | May 12, 1948[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6,711 dunams (6.711 km2 or 2.591 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 230[3][2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Sheluhot,[4][5] Reshafim[4][6] |
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The village was depopulated on May 12, 1948, during Operation Gideon. The village was completely destroyed and the inhabitants fled to Jordan.