Al-Mansura, Ramle

See El Mansurah (disambiguation) for other sites with similar names.
Al-Mansura
Al-Mansura
Name meaning Building[1]
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°50′16.35″N 34°51′26.05″E / 31.8378750°N 34.8572361°E / 31.8378750; 34.8572361Coordinates: 31°50′16.35″N 34°51′26.05″E / 31.8378750°N 34.8572361°E / 31.8378750; 34.8572361
Palestine grid 136/138
Population 90 (1945)
Date of depopulation April 20, 1948[2]
Cause(s) of depopulation Military assault by Yishuv forces

Al-Mansura was a small Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 10 km south of Ramla. In 1945, it had a population of 90. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 20, 1948 under Operation Barak.

References

  1. Palmer, 1881, pp. 9, 272
  2. Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #260. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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