Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 17, 1948. It was located 6.5 km northeast of Jaffa.
Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
الجمْاسين الغربي | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: The western buffalo breeders | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi (click the buttons) | |
Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′34″N 34°47′50″E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/166 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | March 17, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,080 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
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