Al-Faluja
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית שפיר
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 61,817
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Faluja
- Settlement.native_name
- الفالوجة
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- al-Faluga
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Faluja.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- Souk in Faluja, pre 1948
- 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-Faluja (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 126/114
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Geopolitical entity
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Mandatory Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Subdistrict
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Gaza
- Settlement.established_title1
- Date of depopulation
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Gaza Subdistrict
- Population
- 5670
- Area
- 38.038
- Image
- Al Faluja.jpg
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- Fallujah
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 Arab-Israeli war
- Armistice agreement
- Israel
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
al-Faluja () was a Palestinian Arab village in the British Mandate for Palestine, located 30 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. Al-Faluja absorbed settlers from various areas, including Dura.
The village and the neighbouring village of Iraq al-Manshiyya formed part of the Faluja pocket, where 4,000 Egyptian troops, who had entered the area as a result of the 1948 war, were besieged for four months by the newly established Israel Defense Forces.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Faluja” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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