Barqusya

Barqusya
Barqusya
Subdistrict Hebron
Coordinates 31°40′46.05″N 34°49′23.80″E / 31.6794583°N 34.8232778°E / 31.6794583; 34.8232778Coordinates: 31°40′46.05″N 34°49′23.80″E / 31.6794583°N 34.8232778°E / 31.6794583; 34.8232778
Palestine grid 133/120
Population 330 (1945)
Date of depopulation Not known[1]

Barqusya (also: Barkusya, Arabic: بركوسيا) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Hebron Subdistrict. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Brqusya had a population of 258 inhabitants, in 53 houses.[2] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 9, 1948 under Operation An-Far. It was located 31 km northwest of Hebron.

In 1945 it had a population of 330 inhabitants. The village had one artesian well which was used in the late 19th century.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #291. Morris gives both cause and date for depopulation as "Not known"
  2. Mills, 1932, p. 27

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