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Zawiya, Safad

Field	Value
name	Al-Zawiya
native_name	الزوِية
native_name_lang	ar
pushpin_map	Mandatory Palestine	pushpin_map_caption = Location within Mandatory Palestine	image_map =	map_caption = A series of historical maps of the area around Zawiya, Safad (click the buttons)
pushpin_mapsize	200
coordinates
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
established_title2	Repopulated dates
unit_pref	dunam
area_total_dunam	3,958
population_as_of	1945
population_total	760
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.

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 760. while a 195 dunams were classified as built-up, urban areas.

1948, aftermath

Zawiya became depopulated on May 24, 1948, after expulsion by the Zionist forces.

References

Bibliography

References

Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PR16 xvi], village #17. Also gives causes of depopulation.
Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p11.jpg 11]
Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.[http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Safad/Page-071.jpg 71]
Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 111]
with a total of 3,958 dunams of land (1 dunam=1000 square meters), according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 3,593 dunums were used for cereals;Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Safad/Page-121.jpg 121]
Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Safad/Page-171.jpg 171]
Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA251 251] note #709, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA303 303]
Morris, 2004, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA347 347], note #37, p. [https://books.google.com/books?id=uM_kFX6edX8C&pg=PA397 397]

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