Khirbat Bayt Lid
Khirbat Bayt Lid (Arabic: خربة بيت لد) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated by its Arab inhabitants during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Khirbat Bayt Lid
خربة بيت لد Khirbet Beit Lid | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: El Mughair=the caves | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Bayt Lid (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat Bayt Lid Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°19′04″N 34°53′33″E | |
| Palestine grid | 140/191 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tulkarm |
| Date of depopulation | 5 April 1948 |
| Area (2,969 Arab, 2,220 Jewish) | |
| • Total | 5,336 dunams (5.336 km2 or 2.060 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 460 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Nordia |
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