Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 10, 1948
Distance from district center	5.5 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #25 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Dani
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	In mid-September 1948, al-Barriyya was completely destroyed with the exception of one stone house.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Barriyya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 2,758 Jewish 0 Public 73 Total 2,831
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 51 Planted W/ Cereal 2,627 Built up 55 Cultivable 2,678 Non-Cultivable 98
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 295 1931 388 1945 510 Est. Refugees 1998 3,633
Number of houses	In (1931): 86
Religious institutions	One mosque
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village is situated on the Eastern bank of Wadi al-Barriyya.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Azarya, Beyt Chashmonay, and Kefar Shemu'el.
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, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The village site is mostly cleared and has been leveled except for one remaining stone house and fragments of the walls of two concrete houses with steel bars protruding from them".

• Nakba Oral History Video Podcast: interview with Muhammad Hamad
• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Abdil Qadir Hamad