Qastina
قسطينة Kastina[1] | |
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Village | |
 Shepherd with sheep in Qastina, before 1948 | |
| Etymology: El Kustîneh, Kŭstîleh, i.e., Castellum[2] | |
.jpg) 1870s map .jpg) 1940s map.jpg) modern map .jpg) 1940s with modern overlay mapA series of historical maps of the area around Qastina (click the buttons) | |
  Qastina Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′21″N 34°45′44″E / 31.73917°N 34.76222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 127/127 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | 9 July 1948[5] |
| Area | |
• Total | 12,019 dunams (12.019 km2 or 4.641 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 890[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Secondary cause | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Kfar Warburg,[6] Arugot,[6] Kfar Ahim,[6] Avigdor,[6] Kiryat Malakhi[6] |
Qastina (Arabic: قسطينة) was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was ethnically cleansed during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[7]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Census1922was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
- ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #275. Also gives causes of depopulation.
- ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1992, p. 131
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Khalidi, 1992, p. 130was invoked but never defined (see the help page).