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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 Israelis	al-Burj was mostly destroyed with the exception of one crumbling house remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-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
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba-Online

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Town Today

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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