Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
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This article is about the depopulated village in historic Palestine. For the ancient village in southern Syria, see al-Masmiyah.
Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira (Arabic: المسمية الصغيرة), also known as Mamsiyyat al-Hurani, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 42 kilometers (26 mi) northeast of Gaza. Established in the 19th century,[5] it was situated at an elevation of 60 meters (200 ft) in the southern coastal plain of Ottoman Syria. Al-Masmiyya al-Saghira was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, but prior to that, in 1945, it had a population of 530 inhabitants.[5]
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al-Masmiyya al-Saghira
المسمية الصغيرة Masmiyyat al-Hurani al-Huraniyya | |
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Village | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°45′10″N 34°47′56″E | |
Palestine grid | 131/128 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Gaza |
Date of depopulation | July 8–9, 1948[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 6,478 dunams (6.478 km2 or 2.501 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 530[3][2] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Masmiya Bet,[4] Kfar HaRif[5] |
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