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Bir Salim (Arabic: بئر سالم) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of Ramla.

History

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 410 Muslims,[1] while the total land area was 3,401 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[2] Of this, 742 dunums of village land was used for citrus and bananas, 510 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, 1,468 dunums were for cereals,[6] while 681 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[7]

Bir Salim 1941 1:20,000
Bir Salim 1945 1:250,000

1948, aftermath

Netzer Sereni was established on village land in 1948.[4][5]

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References

  1. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 29
  2. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 66
  3. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #248. Also gives cause of depopulation
  4. ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xx, settlement #11.
  5. ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 371.
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 114
  7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 164

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