Khirbat al-Sarkas
Khirbat al-Sarkas (Arabic: خربة السركس) was a village in Palestine, located 42 kilometres south of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
Khirbat al-Sarkas
خربة السركس Khirbet as Sarkas | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: lit. "The ruins of the Circassians" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Sarkas (click the buttons) | |
Khirbat al-Sarkas Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′49″N 34°57′37″E | |
| Palestine grid | 146/205 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | 15 April 1948 |
| Population (1931) | |
| • Total | 383 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Gan Shmuel, Talmei Elazar |
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