Aqir
Sign in to saveAqir, also spelt 'Aqr, Akir and Akkur, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 9 km southwest of Ramla and 1 km north of Wadi al-Nasufiyya (today called Nahal Ekron). It was depopulated and demolished and replaced by Kiryat Ekron.
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Place details
- Locality
- קרית עקרון
- Region
- מחוז המרכז
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 11,001
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Ramle Subdistrict
- Population
- 2480
- Area
- 15825
- Elevation
- 61
- Image
- Aqir 1949.jpg
- Significant event
- 1948 Palestinian exodus
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- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- 1948 and afterward
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Aqir, also spelt 'Aqr, Akir and Akkur, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 9 km southwest of Ramla and 1 km north of Wadi al-Nasufiyya (today called Nahal Ekron). It was depopulated and demolished and replaced by Kiryat Ekron.
==History== Until the early 20th century, Aqir was thought to lie at the site of the ancient Philistine city of Ekron ('Aqrūn), that has now been identified as Tel Mikne, 9 km to the south. The error seems rooted in antiquity; The Romans referred to the village as Accaron.
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