Khirbat Sa'sa'
Khirbat Sa'sa' | |
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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
- Sources
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Khalidi, Walid (1992). All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948. Washington D.C.: Institute for Palestine Studies. ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Morris, Benny (2004). The Birth of the Palestinian Refugee Problem Revisited. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-00967-6.
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