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Welcome To Yaquq - ياقوق (יאקוק)

District of Tiberias
Ethnically cleansed days ago
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Picture for Yaquq Village - Palestine: : Yaquq - archaeological dig , summer 2012 ياقوق - حفريات اثرية في مركز القرية المهدومة ، صيف 2012 تصوير رامز عيد
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Statistic & Fact Value
Occupation Date May 1, 1948
Distance From District 12.5 (km) North of Tiberias
Elevation 30 (meters)
Before & After Nakba, Click Map For Detailswhat's new
Pre-Nakba Map showing before and after destruction
Map Location See location #2 on the map

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Exodus Cause Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village Temains Yaquq was completely destroyed, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically Cleansing Yaquq inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Pre-Nakba
Land Ownership
Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums)*
Arab 4,229
Jewish 4,275
Public 3
**Total 8,507
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
**Town Lands' Demarcation Maps
Land Usage
As of 1945
Land Usage Arab (Dunum)* Jewish (Dunum)*
Irrigated & Plantation 24 1
Olive Groves 16 0
Planted W/ Cereal 1,010 2,429
Built up 13 1
Arable 1,034 2,430
Non-Arable 3,185 1,844
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Population
Year Population*
1596 396
19th century 200
1922 494
1931 153
1945 210
1948 244
Est. Refugees 1998 1,496
*Sourced from British Mandate's Village Statisitics
Number of Houses In (1931): 28, and in the 19th century 20 houses
Near By Townswhat's new
al-Shuna
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al-Qudayriyya
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Ghuwayr Abu Shusha  ←
Yaquq
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al-Majdal
↘           
al-Tabigha
Town's Name Through History The Canaanites referred to Yaquq by Hukkok, and during the Roman period it was known by Hucuca.
Exculsive Jewish Colonies
Who Usurped Village Lands		 Chuqoq
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Village Before Nakba

The village stood on an uneven hill in the mountains of eastern lower Galilee, which was oriented along a southeast-northwest line and overlooked Lake Tiberias. It was linked by a dirt road to al-Shuna, the closest village, and by a dirt path to the road between Tiberias and al-Maghar. The village may have been established on the ruins of the Canaanite city of Hukkok ('hole'), mentioned in the Old Testament (Joshua 19:34). It was known by the name Hucuca in the Roman period. In 1596, Yaquq was a village in the nahiya of Jira (liwa' of Safad) with a population of 396. It paid taxes on a number of crops, including wheat, barley, and olives. Taxes were also paid on other types of property, such as goats, beehives, and a press which was used for processing either olives or grapes. [Hut. and Abd.:177]

In the late nineteenth century, Yaquq consisted of about 20 stone houses and was situated at the foot of a hill. Its population was estimated at 200 in 1875. [SWP (1881) I:364] In 1944/45 a total of 1,010 dunums of village land was allotted to cereals, while 24 dunums were irrigated or used for orchards. The village had an archaeological site that contained tombs carved in rock and pieces of pillars and cisterns. Evidence of the village's antiquity included fragments of columns, some reused, and rock-cut tombs dating to the first and second centuries A.D.

Village Occupation and Ethnic Cleaning

Like Ghuwayr Abu Shusha, a few kilometers to the southeast, Yaquq was probably affected by events in Tiberias and Safad, the two cities that it lay between. In late April and early May 1948, Tiberias had already succumbed to a Zionist assault and Palmach forces had begun to move on Safad by occupying some of the villages in its hinterland. The villagers of Yaquq were either deliberately expelled during this period, or came under pressure to leave because of the campaigns being waged to the north and south. Like other villagers in the area, they initially may have sought refuge in other parts of Galilee.

Zionists Colonies on Village Lands

The settlement of Chuqoq (196254) was established 2 km southeast of the village site in 1943; some of its buildings are now on village land.

Village Today

Stone rubble covers the entire site. There is one palm tree in the center and an olive grove on the edge (see photo). Part of the surrounding land is cultivated by Israelis, while the remainder is used as a grazing area. A canal that passes to the west is part of the Israeli National Water Carrier, the water project that carries water from Lake Tiberias to the central coastal plains

Source

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