Al-Dawayima
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית לכיש
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Dawayima
- Settlement.native_name
- الدوايمة
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- ad-Dawayima
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Sheikh 'Ali, the shrine just West of the village
- Settlement.etymology
- The little Dom tree
- 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-Dawayima (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Hebron Subdistrict
- Population
- +2688
- Area
- +60.585
- Elevation
- +350
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 war and aftermath
- Culture
- In popular culture
- Families
- Famous residents
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Dawayima, Dawaymeh or Dawayma () was a Palestinian town, located in the former Hebron Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, and in what is now the Lakhish region, some 15 kilometres south-east of Kiryat Gat.
According to a 1945 census, the town's population was 3,710, and the village lands comprised a total land area of 60,585 dunums of which nearly half was cultivable. The population figures for this town also included the populations of nearby khirbets, or ancient villages. During the 1948 Palestine war, the al-Dawayima massacre occurred. According to Saleh Abd al-Jawad an estimated 80-200 civilian men, women and children were killed. According to John Bagot Glubb, a UN report said that 30 women and children were killed.