al-Jammama
الجمامه al-Jamama | |
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Village | |
.jpg) Horses at Jemmameh during WWI | |
| Etymology: Kh. Jemmâmeh, "the ruin of abundance, or of reservoirs"[1] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jammama (click the buttons) | |
  al-Jammama Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°29′55″N 34°41′10″E / 31.49861°N 34.68611°E | |
| Palestine grid | 120/100 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Beersheba |
| Date of depopulation | May 22, 1948[2] |
| Population (1931) | |
• Total | 6 (not including Bedouin inhabitants) |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Ruhama[3] |
Al-Jammama (Arabic: الجمامه) was a Palestinian Arab village located in the Negev desert 30 km north west of the city of Beersheba. Its settled population was recorded as six in the 1931 census.