Al-Qabu
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This article is about the depopulated Palestinian Arab village. For the town in Syria, see al-Qabu, Syria.
Al-Qabu (Arabic: القبو, "the vault, or cellar")[1] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. The name is an Arabic variation of the site's original Roman name, and the ruins of a church there are thought to date to the era of Byzantine or Crusader rule over Palestine.
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al-Qabu
القبو Qabu, Kabu | |
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Etymology: "the vault, or cellar"[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°43′40″N 35°07′10″E | |
Palestine grid | 161/126 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Date of depopulation | 22–23 October 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 3,806 dunams (3.806 km2 or 1.470 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 260[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Mevo Beitar |
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Al-Qabu was depopulated on 22–23 October 1948, following the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.[5][6] Following Israel's establishment, homes in the village were blown up by Israeli troops in May 1949 and in 1950, the moshav of Mevo Beitar was founded on the village lands.