Zikrin
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Zikrin (Arabic: ذكرين), pronounced Dhikrin, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict, depopulated in the 1948 Palestine War. The site is located about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) northwest of Beit Gubrin and sits at a mean elevation of 212 metres (696 ft) above sea-level, its access somewhat impeded by hedges of buckthorn and cactus. The entire site is dotted with grottoes and caves, and razed structures.
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Zikrin
ذكرين Dhikerin[1] | |
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Etymology: Dhikerin el Baradan; Dhikerin the cool[2] | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°39′48″N 34°51′38″E | |
Palestine grid | 136/119 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Hebron |
Date of depopulation | 22–23 October 1948[3] |
Area | |
• Total | 17,195 dunams (17.195 km2 or 6.639 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 960[4][5] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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