Khirbat Sa'sa'

Khirbat Sa'sa'
Subdistrict Haifa
Palestine grid 162/242
Population 130[1] (1945)
Date of depopulation April 28, 1948

Khirbat Sa'sa' was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 28, 1948. It was located 15 km east of Haifa.

History

The Romans referred to the village as Kefar Sasai. Building foundations, tombs carved in rocks, cisterns, and caves are located in the area.[2] In 1945 it had a population of 151.

References

  1. Khalidi, 1992, p. 189
  2. Khalidi, 1992, p. 190
Sources


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