Al-Na'ani
النعاني en-Ni'aneh[1] | |
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| Etymology: The plant "mint"[2] | |
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  Al-Na'ani Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′20″N 34°52′24″E / 31.87222°N 34.87333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 138/142 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948[5] |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,768 dunams (9.768 km2 or 3.771 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,470[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Na'an,[6] Ramot Me'ir[6] |
Al-Na'ani, also called Al-Ni'ana, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on May 14, 1948, by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak. It was located 6 km south of Ramle.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 120
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
- ^ Department of Statistics, p. 30
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 67
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix village #247. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 400