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| al-Burj District of al-Ramla البرج - אל-בורג' Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
July 15, 1948
Distance from district center
14 (km) East of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
275 (meters)
Map location
See location number #22 on the map
Israeli military operation
Second phase of Operation Dani.
Defenders
Jordanian Army
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Burj was mostly destroyed with the exception of one crumbling house remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Burj inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,705
Jewish
0
Public
3
Total
4,708
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Irrigated & Plantation
6
Area planted w/ olives
60
Planted W/ Cereal
2,631
Built up
12
Cultivable
2,637
Non-Cultivable
2,059
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
344
1931
370
1945
480
1948
557
Est. Refugees 1998
3,419
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
92
1948
138
Town's name through history
al-Burj may have been named in reference to the nearby Crusades castle, Castle Arnold.
Schools
An elementary school for boys which was founded in 1947, and it had an initial enrollment of 35 boys.
Water supplies
A water tank located on the East side which provided the village with its water supplies.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Kefar Rut
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, all that remains of the village:
Only one crumbled house remains on the hilltop. Cactuses and wild plants grow on the site
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