Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	April 25, 1948
Distance from district center	8.5 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #18 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Chametz
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was mostly destroyed with the exception of ten houses remain standing.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Saqiya inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 5,151 Jewish 447 Public 252 Total 5,850
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 422 93 Irrigated & Plantation 145 0 Planted W/ Cereal 2,534 354 Built up 30 0 Cultivable 5,101 441 Non-Cultivable 272 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 270 1922 427 1931 663 1945 1,100 1948 1,276 Est. Refugees 1998 7,836
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 142 1948 273
Schools	Saqiya had an elementary school for boys founded in 1936, and it had an enrollment of 136 students in 1945.
Religious institutions	One mosque
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Or Yehuda (settled by Jews from Iraq and North Africa) and Ramat Pinqas.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No more than ten houses remain. Some are inhabited by Jewish families, one is used as a workshop for car repair, and others are deserted. One of the occupied houses has a large front door and a garret with a slanted roof extending along the short side. A second house is quite long and has a large number of windows of various sizes."

• Video Nakba Oral History Podcast: Interview with Mahmoud Abu Salim