Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 15, 1948
Distance from district center	15 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #28 on the map
Israeli military operation	Second phase of Operation Dani (commanded by the ethnic cleansing champion Yigal Allon)
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Khirbat al-Buwayra was completely obliterated, and only house rubble left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Buwayra, Khirbat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,150 Jewish 0 Public 0 Total 1,150
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 31 Area planted w/ olives 25 Planted W/ Cereal 316 Cultivable 347 Non-Cultivable 803
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 101 1945 190 1948 220 Est. Refugees 1998 1,354
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 17 1948 37
Water supplies	The center of the village contained many wells (many of these wells are still in use by Israeli Jewish settlers).
Archeological sites	The village has a khirba which contains the foundations of a rectangular building that was equipped with cisterns.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Buwayra's lands are used as a military training ground by the Israeli Army.
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, all that remains of the village:
"The village has been reduced to rubble, which is scattered over a wide area; only the walls of one big house, made of relatively large stones still stand. The center of the site contains many wells and private gardens, separated by stone markers that also serve as stairs leading down to the wadi. In 1989, a fire burned the almond, fig, olive, and pine trees that grew at the center of the site. Today the village is a military training area."