Al-Sarafand
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This article is about the former village in Haifa Sub-district. For the former village in Ramle Sub-district, see Sarafand al-Amar. For the former village in Ramle Sub-district, see Sarafand al-Kharab. For Sarafand in Lebanon near ancient Sarepta, see Sarepta.
Al-Sarafand (Arabic: الصرفند) was a Palestinian Arab village near the Mediterranean shore south of Haifa. In Ottoman tax records, it is shown that the village had a population of 61 inhabitants in 1596. According to a land and population survey by Sami Hadawi, al-Sarafand's population was 290 in 1945, entirely Arab.[3]
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al-Sarafand
الصرفند Sarepta Yudee | |
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Etymology: from a personal name[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°38′48″N 34°56′08″E | |
Palestine grid | 144/228 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Haifa |
Date of depopulation | 16 July 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,409 dunams (5.409 km2 or 2.088 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 290[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Current Localities | Tzrufa[5] |
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