Aqqur
Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. Founded in the Ottoman period, it had a population of 25 in 1922 and 40 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.
Aqqur
عقور | |
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| Etymology: barren | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Aqqur (click the buttons) | |
Aqqur Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°45′30″N 35°04′56″E | |
| Palestine grid | 157/129 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | July 13–14, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 5,522 dunams (5.522 km2 or 2.132 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 40 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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