Al-Butaymat
Al-Butaymat (Arabic: البطيمات, El Buteimât) was a Palestinian Arab village the Haifa Subdistrict, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948, under the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek.
Al-Butaymat
البطيمات Buteimat, al-Buteimat | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: "the place with the terebinths." | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Butaymat (click the buttons) | |
Al-Butaymat Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°33′12″N 35°5′38″E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/217 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | May 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 110 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Gal'ed Former: Regavim |
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