Khirbat al-Sarkas

Khirbat al-Sarkas

خربة السركس
Khirbet as Sarkas
Khirbat al-Sarkas خربة السركس Khirbet as Sarkas
Village
	Etymology: lit. "The ruins of the Circassians"
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Sarkas (click the buttons)
	Khirbat al-Sarkas Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°26′49″N 34°57′37″E / 32.44694°N 34.96028°E
Palestine grid	146/205
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	15 April 1948
Population (1931)
• Total	383
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Gan Shmuel, Talmei Elazar

Khirbat al-Sarkas (Arabic: خربة السركس) was a village in Palestine, located 42 kilometres south of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

^ Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #178. Also gives cause of depopulation
^ ^a ^b Khalidi, 1992, p. 189

[1] Morris, 2004, p. xviii village #178. Also gives cause of depopulation

[Khalidi189-2] Khalidi, 1992, p. 189

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Khirbat al-Sarkas خربة السركس Khirbet as Sarkas
Village
Etymology: lit. "The ruins of the Circassians"
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Sarkas (click the buttons)
Khirbat al-Sarkas Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°26′49″N 34°57′37″E / 32.44694°N 34.96028°E / 32.44694; 34.96028
Palestine grid	146/205
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Haifa
Date of depopulation	15 April 1948^[1]
Population (1931)
• Total	383
Cause(s) of depopulation	Expulsion by Yishuv forces
Current Localities	Gan Shmuel,^[2] Talmei Elazar^[2]

Khirbat al-Sarkas

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