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| Qatra District of al-Ramla قطرة - קטרה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 17, 1948
Distance from district center
15 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
50 (meters)
Map location
See location number #42 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisQatra was mostly destroyed with the exception of its school and few houses remain standing to this date.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisQatra inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
5,130
Jewish
2,509
Public
4,557
Total
7,853
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
391
404
Irrigated & Plantation
215
373
Planted W/ Cereal
4,320
1,639
Built up
26
0
Cultivable
4,926
2,416
Non-Cultivable
392
93
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
640
1931
822
1945
1,210
1948
1,404
Est. Refugees 1998
8,620
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
175
1948
298
Town's name through history
During the Roman period Qatra was known by Kidron, and during the British Mandate it was called Qatrat Islam, to distinguish it from the nearby Zionist collony of Qatrat Yahud.
Schools
Qatra had an elementary school which was founded in 1923, and in 1945 it had an enrollment of 123 boys and 8 girls.
Nearby wadies & rivers
The village is situated about 1 km south of Wadi al-Sarar.
Archeological sites
Modern Qatra was built over a Roman and Byzantine site, which produced evidence of mosaic floors, building foundations, and ceramic fragments.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Gedera and Qidron
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
"Only the school and a few deserted houses remain. A number of palm trees and cactuses grow on the site"
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