Al-Birwa
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Al-Birwa (, also spelled al-Birweh) was a Palestinian Arab village, located east of Acre (Akka). In 1945, it had a population of 1,460, of whom the majority were Muslims and a significant minority, Christians. Its total land area consisted of 13,542 dunams (13.5 square kilometers). The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Al-Birwa
- Settlement.native_name
- البروة
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Al-Birweh
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:مدرسة قرية البروة- فلسطين.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- The former school in al-Birwa, 2019
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.map_caption
- A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Birwa (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 167/257
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Geopolitical entity
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Acre
- Settlement.established_title1
- Date of depopulation
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Acre Subdistrict
- Population
- 1460
- Area
- 13.542
- Elevation
- 60
- Image
- Birwa site 1928.jpg
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- Commons category
- Al-Birwa
- native label
- البروه
- work available at URL
- www.hamichlol.org.il/%D7%90%D7%9C-%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%95%D7%94
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Encyclopedic overview
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Archaeology
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Ottoman Empire
- British Mandate
- Israel
- See also
- References
- Notes
- Citations
- Sources
- External links
Al-Birwa (, also spelled al-Birweh) was a Palestinian Arab village, located east of Acre (Akka). In 1945, it had a population of 1,460, of whom the majority were Muslims and a significant minority, Christians. Its total land area consisted of 13,542 dunams (13.5 square kilometers). The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
The settlement at Al-Birwa was started in the Roman era, and reached a peak in the Byzantine era. In the mid-11th century CE Al-Birwa was mentioned by the Persian geographer Nasir Khusraw and it was known to the Crusaders as "Broet". The village came under Mamluk rule in the late 13th century, and in the early 16th century, it was conquered by the Ottomans, who ruled it for four centuries. Travelers' reports from the late 19th century documented that al-Birwa had a mosque, a church and an elementary school for boys (a girls' school was built in 1942).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Birwa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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