Zawiya, Safad Explained

Al-Zawiya
Native Name:الزوِية
Native Name Lang:ar
Pushpin Map:Mandatory Palestine
Pushpin Mapsize:200
Coordinates:33.1553°N 35.5972°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:206/284
Subdivision Type:Geopolitical entity
Subdivision Name:Mandatory Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Subdistrict
Subdivision Name1:Safad
Established Title1:Date of depopulation
Established Date1:May 24, 1948[1]
Established Title2:Repopulated dates
Unit Pref:dunam
Area Total Dunam:3,958
Population As Of:1945
Population Total:760[2] [3]
Blank Name Sec1:Cause(s) of depopulation
Blank Info Sec1:Military assault by Yishuv forces
Blank1 Name Sec1:Secondary cause
Blank1 Info Sec1:Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Blank3 Name Sec1:Current Localities
Blank3 Info Sec1:Neot Mordechai

Al-Zawiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 24, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 23 km northeast of Safad.

History

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ez Zawiya had a population of 590 Muslims, in a total of 141 houses.[4]

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 760.[2] [3] with a total of 3,958 dunams of land (1 dunam=1000 square meters), according to an official land and population survey.[3] Of this, 3,593 dunums were used for cereals;[5] while a 195 dunams were classified as built-up, urban areas.[6]

1948, aftermath

Zawiya became depopulated on May 24, 1948, after expulsion by the Zionist forces.[1] [7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #17. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  2. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 11
  3. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.71
  4. Mills, 1932, p. 111
  5. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 121
  6. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 171
  7. Morris, 2004, p. 251 note #709, p. 303
  8. Morris, 2004, p. 347, note #37, p. 397