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| al-Hamma District of Tiberias الحمّة - אל-חמה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 20, 1949
Distance from district center
12 (km) Southeast of Tiberias
Elevation from the sea
-150 (meters)
Map location
See location number #23 on the map
Exodus Cause
Expulsion by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Hamma has been converted into an Israeli tourist park, with parking facilities, swimming pools, and a small fishing pond. Some of the village structures have been spared destruction such as the train station and the village mosque, see Pictures section for details.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Hamma's population were ethnically cleansed between 1949-1956.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
1,105
Jewish
0
Public
587
Total
1,692
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
1,105
Area planted w/ olives
6
Cultivable
1,105
Non-Cultivable
587
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1931
171
1945
290
1948
336
Est. Refugees 1998
2,066
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
46
1948
90
Town's name through history
The Old Testament's referred to al-Hamma by Ammath (or Emmath), during Romans period it was known by Emmatha. After the war, the village was known by al-Humma al-Suryah, sense it fell in the DMZ close to the Syrian borders.
Religious institutions
One mosque (still standing)
Water supplies
al-hamma is super famous for its hot springs
Archeological sites
The village contained an amphitheater, baths, a synagogue, burial grounds, the shafts and capitals of columns, and a shrine.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No Israeli settlements on villageal-Hamma's lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
The site has been converted into an Israeli tourist park, with parking facilities, swimming pools, and a small fishing
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