Aqqur
Sign in to saveAqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. Founded in the Ottoman period, it had a population of 25 in 1922 and 40 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית מטה יהודה
- Region
- מחוז ירושלים
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 0
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- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Jerusalem Subdistrict
- Elevation
- 475
- Image
- AqqurFeb142023 03.jpg
- Significant event
- 1948 Palestinian exodus
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Aqqur was a Palestinian Arab hamlet in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. Founded in the Ottoman period, it had a population of 25 in 1922 and 40 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 13, 1948, under Operation Dani. It was located 14.5 km west of Jerusalem on the Wadi Isma'il, a tributary of the Wadi al-Sarar.
==History== Aqqur is not mentioned in 16th century records, and was likely first settled in a later period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Aqqur” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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