Al-Damun

Damun (), was a Palestinian Arab village located from the Mediterranean port city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, Damun had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Damun bordered the Na'amin River (Belus River), which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Damun
Settlement.native_name: الدامون
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.other_name: Damun
Settlement.image_caption: Remains of Damun's cemetery, 2004
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-Damun (click the buttons)
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 167/254
Settlement.subdivision_type: Geopolitical entity
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Acre
Settlement.established_title1: Date of depopulation
Settlement.established_date1: 15–16 July 1948
Settlement.established_title2: Repopulated dates

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Contents

History
Ottoman Empire
British Mandate
1948 war and aftermath
See also
Notes
References
Bibliography
Further reading
External links

==History== Excavations at the site has shown potsherds dating from the Late Bronze Age, up to and including Early Islamic, Crusader, Mamluk and Ottoman times. It might be the village Damun in lower Galilee, noted in Roman times.

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