Arab al-Bawati

Arab al-Bawati (Arabic: عرب البواطي/خربة الحكمة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

Arab al-Bawati
عرب البواطي/خربة الحكمة
Village
Etymology: Kh. el Hakeimîyeh, the ruin of el Hakeimîyeh
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Arab al-Bawati
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°31′41″N 35°32′21″E
Palestine grid200/214
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictBaysan
Date of depopulation16 or 20 May 1948
Area
  Total10,641 dunams (10.641 km2 or 4.109 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total520
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall

It was located 4 kilometres north east of Baysan in the Baysan valley.

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