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Kuwaykat
كويكات | |
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| Etymology: "Huts" (possibly)[1] | |
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  Kuwaykat Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°58′16″N 35°08′48″E / 32.97111°N 35.14667°E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/264 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 10 July 1948[4] |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,733 dunams (4.733 km2 or 1.827 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,050[2][3] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Beit HaEmek[5][6] |
Kuwaykat (Arabic: كويكات), also spelled Kuweikat, Kweikat or Kuwaikat, was a Palestinian village located 9 km northeast of Acre. It was depopulated in 1948.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 51
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 4
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 40
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvii, village #86. Also gives cause of depopulation
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xxi, settlement #45, January 1949
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 22