Suruh
Village in Acre, Mandatory Palestine / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Suruh (Arabic: سروح), was a Palestinian Arab hamlet, located 28.5 kilometers (17.7 mi) northeast of Acre. It became depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
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Suruh
سروح | |
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Village | |
Etymology: personal name, possibly from "to flow freely" (water) or "to pasture at large" (cattle)[1] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 33°05′06″N 35°17′35″E | |
Palestine grid | 177/276 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Acre |
Date of depopulation | early November 1948[2][3] |
Area | |
• Total | 18,563 dunams (18.563 km2 or 7.167 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,000[4][5] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Shomera,[6] Even Menachem,[6] Kefar Rosenwald,[6] Shtula[6] |
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