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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 Israelis	Qatra was mostly destroyed with the exception of its school and few houses remain standing to this date.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Qatra 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
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

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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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
ahmad>y	ابو جمـــــ.....ـــــــ.....ـــــــعــــه	-
a.s	ابو جمعة	-
حموووووود	ابو جمعة	-
abu joma	ابو جمعة	القدس
خالد الشامي	-	ابو ظبي, الامارات
محمد	-	-
عبدالله	مخيرز	خانيونس
al_qadry7	-	-
الحافي	الحافي	-
Ehab Naser	نصر	عمان, الاردن
damo _rajab	دامو	الاردن, الاردن
قصي	ابوشرف	عمان
احمد ابو جمعة	-	-
عصام ابو جمعة	ابو جمعة	قطاع غزة, قطاع غزة
عماد القطراوي	القطراوي	عمان, الأردن
اياد محمد	-	الزرقاء
sweet saja	-	ontario, canada
ابهاب القادري	القادري	-
محمود ابو سعيفان	-	الاردن, الاردن
walla karaja	karaja	gaza strip, palestine
haissam	ابوشرف	jordan, jordan
علاء كراجة	كراجة	-
أبو جمعة	أبو جمعة	-
أسامة	أبو جمعة	القدس
ابو المر	نصر	NSW, Ausrtalia
Eben Damo	Damo	-
عرفات احمد اسماعيل	حسن اسماعيل	قرية دهمش
jamal	alqatrawi	gazastrip, gazastrip
Ali Karajeh	-	Syria, Syria
Ameen Al-Othman	Al-Othman	Riyad, KSA
abo al ali alfalana	-	-
Palsetinian	Al_Qaderi	amman, sdsd
H. J. AlQuadri	AlQuadri	UAE, UAE
Riyad abukhater	abukhater	alkhobar, saudia arabia
Munther Karajeh	Karajah (Karajeh)	U.A.E., United Arab Emirates

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