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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 14, 1948
Distance from district center	31.5 (km) North East of Safad
Elevation from the sea	175 (meters)
Map location	See location number #3 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Israeli attacking brigade	The Palmach's First Battalion
Exodus Cause	Feer of Jewish attack, or of being caught in the fighting
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Shawka al-Tahta inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,009 Jewish 0 Public 123 Total 2,132
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,845 Planted W/ Cereal 140 Built up 17 Cultivable 1,985 Non-Cultivable 123
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 136 1945 200 1948 232 Est. Refugees 1998 1,425
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 31 1948 52
Archeological sites	The village contained two khirbas known by Tall al-Qadi and Khirbat al-Day'a
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Dan and Dafna
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
Nothing remains of al-Shawka al- Tahta. Stone rubble from destroyed houses is for the most part hidden under eucalyptus trees and wild grasses. A few cactuses grow on the site

 

 

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