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| Barqa District of Gaza برقة - ברקה Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
May 13, 1948
Distance from district center
37 (km) North East of Gaza
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #2 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Barak (lightening)
Israeli attacking brigade
Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause
Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisThe village was completely destroyed with the exception of two houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBarqa inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
4,841
Jewish
226
Public
139
Total
5,206
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
667
0
Irrigated & Plantation
47
0
Planted W/ Cereal
3,898
133
Built up
26
8
Cultivable
4,612
133
Non-Cultivable
342
85
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1922
448
1931
600
1945
890
1948
1,032
Est. Refugees 1998
6,340
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
123
1948
211
Town's name through history
The Greeks referred to Barqa by Barka, and the Romans called it Bareca.
Schools
Baraqa had no schools, however, its students attended school in the nearby village of the al-Batani al-Gharbi.
Shrines/maqams
Barqa had three shrines: the 1st for al-Shaykh Muhammad, the 2nd for al-Shaykh Zarruq, and the 3rd for al-Nabi Barq.
Archeological sites
Barqa contained Greek relics, an old well, stone carvings, and fragments of pottery.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
No settlements on village lands.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Two houses remain standing on the site. One serves as a warehouse; it is made of concrete and has a covered portico on two sides. The other, a stone house with rectangular doors and windows and a flat roof, stands deserted in the midst of wild vegetation."
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