Burayka

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Burayka
Burayka is located in Mandatory Palestine
Burayka
Burayka
Also spelled Bureika[1]
Subdistrict Haifa
Coordinates Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
Palestine grid 148/213
Population 290 (1945)
Date of depopulation May 5, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall

Burayka was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 5, 1948. It was located 29 km south of Haifa.

A school, founded in 1889 during the Ottoman period, was located in the village, but was closed during the British Mandate period.

In 1945 the village had a population of 290.

Today, a civilian explosives factory is located on the site.[2]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #161. Also gives cause of depopulation.
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