Welcome To 'Ammuqa - عموقه (עמוקה)

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Statistic & Fact

Value

Occupation Date

May 24, 1948

Distance From District

5 (km) North East of Safad

Elevation

450 (meters)

Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Details

Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction

Map Location

See location #54 on the map

View from satellite

Military Operation

Operation Yiftach (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)

Attacking Units

The Palmach's First Battalion

Exodus Cause

Military assault by Zionist troops

Village Temains

The village has been completely obliterated

Ethnically Cleansing

'Ammuqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.

Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership

Ethnic Group	Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab	2,571
Jewish	0
Public	3
**Total	2,574

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps

Land Usage
As of 1945

Land Usage	Arab (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation	195
Olive Groves	66
Planted W/ Cereal	1,164
Built up	30
Arable	1,359
Non-Arable	1,185

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Population

Year	Population*
1596	391
1922	114
1931	108
1945	140
1948	162
Est. Refugees 1998	997

*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics

Number of Houses

Year	Number of Houses
1931	17
1948	25

Near By Towns

	Marus ↑ (N)	'Alma ↗
Dallata ←	'Ammuqa	→ Qabba'a
↙ Taytaba	↓ Biriyya

Town's Name Through History

The Crusades referred to the village by 'Ammuqa

Water Supply

The village was locally known for its seven springs

Archeological Sites

The village contained stone tombs and two khirbas nearby, which contained fragments of columns and stone inscriptions

Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands

'Ammuqa

Village Before Nakba

The village was situated on the southern slopes of Mount Kan'an, and faced north and northeast. Its name may have been derived from the Syriac word 'ammiqa, which meant 'deep' or 'low in elevation.' The village was known as 'Ammuqa during the Crusader period. In 1596, 'Ammuqa was a village in the nahiya of Jira (liwa' of Safad) with a population of 391. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, and olives, as well as on other types of produce and property, such as goats, beehives, and vineyards. In modern times, 'Ammuqa was small enough to be classified as a hamlet in the Mandate-era Palestine Index Gazetteer. Its population was entirely Muslim. The village was locally known for its seven springs. Its economy was based on agriculture; the villagers grew grain for the most part, although in the 1942/43 season 66 dunums were planted with olive trees. In 1944/45 a total of 1,164 dunums was allocated to cereals; 195 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. Several ancient ruins were in the vicinity, including an archaeological site that contained stone tombs. There were also two khirbas nearby, which contained fragments of columns and stone inscriptions.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

'Ammuqa fell on 24 May 1948 as a result of a Palmach attack that was part of Operation Yiftach (see Abil al-Qamh, Safad sub-district). The villagers evacuated 'Ammuqa as a result of the pressure of Jewish shelling, fear of being harmed if captured, and fear of being caught in the crossfire of the fighting armies.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of 'Ammuqa (199267), founded in 1980, is 1 km southeast of the village site, on village land.

Village Today

Nothing remains of the village but the rubble of houses; the site is overgrown with cactuses and eucalyptus, fig, and olive trees. Much of the land around the site is wooded, and some parts are cultivated by the settlement of 'Ammuqa.

Source

Dr. Walid al-Khalidi, 1992: All That Remains.

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Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
maher saleh	-	-
wasim alsharif	alsharif	damascus , 00963
Yousra Saleh	Ammoqa	Syria, Palestain
mouein husni abed al-rohman	-	lebanon, lebanon
MOUEIN HUSNI ABED ALROHMAN	-	LEBANON
MOUEIN HUSNI ABED ALROHMAN	-	-
ayman abdelrahman	-	labenon, labenon
Walid Abdel-Rahman	Abdel-Rahman	Danmark, Danmar
Khaled Abdel-Rahman	Abdel-Rahman	Danmark, Danmark
Tarek AbdelRahman	-	Beirut, Lebanon

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