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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	August 10, 1948
Distance from district center	14 (km) Southeast of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	250 (meters)
Map location	See location number #48 on the map
Defenders	Jordanian Army
Refugees' migration route	The former residents moved to neighboring 'Imwas. After the 1967 war, they were ethnically cleansed again, a very sad story!
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	al-Latrun was mostly destroyed during the numerous attacks on its fort.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	al-Latrun inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 7,724 Jewish 134 Public 518 Total 8,376
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 7 0 Irrigated & Plantation 439 0 Area planted w/ olives 203 0 Planted W/ Cereal 6,571 134 Built up 4 0 Cultivable 7,017 134 Non-Cultivable 1,221 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 59 1931 120 1945 190 1948 220 Est. Refugees 1998 1,354
Number of houses	In (1931): 16 houses. Also the monks, from the nearby monastery, bought the land and houses of old al-Latrun and built twenty new houses for the villagers in return; these houses were built away from the monastery, so that the monks could maintain a quiet environment.
Town's name through history	The village was named after the Crusade castle built nearby, Le Toron des Chevaliers (The Tower of the Knights).
Schools	In 1890, French Trappist monks built a monastery agricultural school on a slope nearby the village which was famous for its vineyards.
Water supplies	With the aid of the Trappist monastery, the former residents drew their drinking water via pipes from Beir al-Hilw.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Newe Shalom
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

All the houses of New al-Latrun have been destroyed.

To contact any of the below members, simply click on the names.

Display Name	Clan/Hamolah	Country of Residence
محمد اللطروني	مصطفى	palestine
latrunia mustafa	mustafa	amman, jordan
eyad	mustafa	jordan, jordan
omar ahmad sallaj	-	amman, jordan
al-latruny	Mustafa	amman

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