Aqqur
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Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. Founded in the Ottoman period, it had a population of 25 in 1922 and 40 in 1945.[5] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.
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Aqqur
عقور | |
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Etymology: barren[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°45′30″N 35°04′56″E | |
Palestine grid | 157/129 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Date of depopulation | July 13–14, 1948[2] |
Area | |
• Total | 5,522 dunams (5.522 km2 or 2.132 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 40[4][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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