Bayyarat Hannun
Bayyarat Hannun was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict in Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during "Operation Coastal Clearing" on March 31, 1948, in the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 16 km west of Tulkarm.
Bayyarat Hannun
بيارات حنون | |
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Village | |
Part of Bayyarat Hannun, during construction of Netanya Stadium | |
| Etymology: from Bayyara, meaning "orchard" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Bayyarat Hannun (click the buttons) | |
Bayyarat Hannun Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′36″N 34°51′48″E | |
| Palestine grid | 137/188 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | Early April 1948 |
| Population (1931) | |
| • Total | 559 with Ghabat Kafr Sur and 'Arab el Balawina |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
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