| Khirbat al-Buwayra | |
| Native Name: | خربة البويرة |
| Native Name Lang: | ar |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Etymology: | the little pit[1] |
| Pushpin Map: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 200 |
| Coordinates: | 31.8742°N 35.0144°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 151/142 |
| Subdivision Type: | Geopolitical entity |
| Subdivision Name: | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Subdistrict |
| Subdivision Name1: | Ramle |
| Established Title1: | Date of depopulation |
| Established Date1: | July 15, 1948 |
| Established Title2: | Repopulated dates |
| Population As Of: | 1945 |
| Population Total: | 190[2] [3] |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Cause(s) of depopulation |
Khirbat al-Buwayra was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 15, 1948, under the second phase of Operation Dani. It was located 15 km southeast of Ramla.
By the beginning of the 20th century, residents from Qatanna settled Khirbat al-Buwayra, establishing it as a dependency – or satellite village – of their home village.[4]
In the 1931 census El Buweiyiri had 101 Muslim inhabitants, in a total of 17 houses.[5]
In the 1945 statistics, it had a population of 190 Muslims[2] and 1,150 dunums of land.[3] Of this, 31 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards, 316 dunums were used for cereals,[6] while 803 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[7]
The center of the village contained many wells and the village has a khirba with the foundation of a building with cisterns. Today the village area is used as a military training ground by the Israeli Army.[8]
