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| al-Latrun District of al-Ramla اللطرن Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
August 10, 1948
Distance from district center
14 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea
250 (meters)
Map location
See location number #48 on the map
Defenders
Jordanian Army
Refugees' migration route
The former residents moved to neighboring 'Imwas. After the 1967 war, they were ethnically cleansed again, a very sad story!
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by Israelisal-Latrun was mostly destroyed during the numerous attacks on its fort.
Ethnically cleansing
by Israelisal-Latrun inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
7,724
Jewish
134
Public
518
Total
8,376
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
7
0
Irrigated & Plantation
439
0
Area planted w/ olives
203
0
Planted W/ Cereal
6,571
134
Built up
4
0
Cultivable
7,017
134
Non-Cultivable
1,221
0
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
59
1931
120
1945
190
1948
220
Est. Refugees 1998
1,354
Number of houses
In (1931): 16 houses. Also the monks, from the nearby monastery, bought the land and houses of old al-Latrun and built twenty new houses for the villagers in return; these houses were built away from the monastery, so that the monks could maintain a quiet environment.
Town's name through history
The village was named after the Crusade castle built nearby, Le Toron des Chevaliers (The Tower of the Knights).
Schools
In 1890, French Trappist monks built a monastery agricultural school on a slope nearby the village which was famous for its vineyards.
Water supplies
With the aid of the Trappist monastery, the former residents drew their drinking water via pipes from Beir al-Hilw.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Newe Shalom
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