Khirbat Al-Dumun
Al-Dumun (Arabic: الدامون) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Haifa.
Al-Dumun
خربة الدامون Khirbet al Damun | |
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Damon prison, 2010 | |
| Etymology: Duweimîn, the little dôm trees, a kind of Zizyphus | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Dumun (click the buttons) | |
Al-Dumun Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′58″N 35°01′20″E | |
| Palestine grid | 152/237 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | April 30, 1948 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,797 dunams (2.797 km2 or 1.080 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 340 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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