Barbara, Gaza
Barbara (Arabic: برْبره) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict located 17 km northeast of Gaza city, in the vicinity of modern Ashkelon. It had an entirely Arab population of 2,410 in 1945. The village consisted of nearly 14,000 dunums of which approximately 12,700 dunums was able to be cultivated. It was captured by Israel during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Barbara
برْبره Berbere | |
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A horse race held at Barbara, Palestine, 7 September 1940, with Australian 6th Division troops watching | |
| Etymology: "Chattering", "barbarians" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Barbara, Gaza (click the buttons) | |
Barbara Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′26″N 34°34′46″E | |
| Palestine grid | 110/114 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | 5 November 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 13,978 dunams (13.978 km2 or 5.397 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 2,410 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Mavki'im, Talmei Yafeh |
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