Hulayqat
Hulayqat was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine. It was located 20.5 km northeast of Gaza.
Hulayqat
حليقات | |
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Village | |
Hulayqat, before 1948 | |
| Etymology: the circles | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Hulayqat (click the buttons) | |
Hulayqat Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°36′3″N 34°38′59″E | |
| Palestine grid | 116/112 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 12, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 420 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
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