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Welcome To al-Burj District of al-Ramla البرج - אל-בורג' Ethnically cleansed days ago |
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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 |
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Land usage in 1945 |
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Population before occupation |
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Number of houses |
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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 Town's map on MapQuest View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia |
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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
Display Name | Clan/Hamolah | Country of Residence |
عمر الامير | الامير | - |
حمزة عليان | عليان | - |
اسماعيل | عدوان | - |
ابن البرج | الخطيب | - |
nabilo2003 | Odwan | Amman, Jordan |
ابو جمال | - | - |
ابراهيم معالي | maali | - |
Jignesh | - | Gujarat, India |
Ayman | - | Amman, Jordan |
jameel | - | jordan, jordan |