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| al-Damun District of Acre الدامون - א-דאמון Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 15, 1948
Distance from district center
11.5 (km) Southeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea
35 (meters)
Map location
See location number #24 on the map
Israeli military operation
Dekel
Israeli attacking brigade
Sheva' (Seventh) Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed soon after occupation, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Damun inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
19,073
Jewish
687
Public
597
Total
20,357
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
706
3
Area planted w/ olives
484
0
Planted W/ Cereal
16,368
684
Built up
111
0
Cultivable
17,074
687
Non-Cultivable
2,485
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
19th century
800
1922
727
1931
917
1945
1,310
1948
1,520
Est. Refugees 1998
9,332
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
183
1948
303
Town's name through history
The Crusaders referred to al-Damun by Damar.
Schools
al-Damun had one elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1886.
Religious institutions
One famous mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers
al-Damun borders al-Na'amin River.
Water supplies
Several nearby springs were used to provide drinking water, and al-Na'amin's River water was utilized for irrigation.
Archeological sites
al-Damun has a khirba/tall that contains the foundations of a wall, fortifications, and a well.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Yas'ur
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site is overgrown with thorns, cactuses, olive trees, and pines. Stone and concrete rubble is scattered around it. The cemetery is extant, although the markers over a few graves are collapsing."
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