Al-Sawalima

Al-Sawalima

السوالمة
Al-Sawalima السوالمة
Village
	Etymology: es Sûâlimîyeh, the ruin of the Sâlem family
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sawalima (click the buttons)
	Al-Sawalima Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 34°50′51″E / 32.11639°N 34.84750°E
Palestine grid	134/170
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jaffa
Date of depopulation	March 30, 1948
Population (1945)
• Total	800
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Neve Sharett

Al-Sawalima was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 30, 1948. It was located 11 km northeast of Jaffa, situated 2 km north of the al-'Awja River.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 215
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 28
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 53
^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii, village #198. Also gives causes of depopulation

Al-Sawalima السوالمة
Village
Etymology: es Sûâlimîyeh, the ruin of the Sâlem family^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sawalima (click the buttons)
Al-Sawalima Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°06′59″N 34°50′51″E / 32.11639°N 34.84750°E / 32.11639; 34.84750
Palestine grid	134/170
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jaffa
Date of depopulation	March 30, 1948^[4]
Population (1945)
• Total	800^[2]^[3]
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Secondary cause	Influence of nearby town's fall
Current Localities	Neve Sharett