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Fajja

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Fajja () was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.

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Locality
פתח תקווה
Region
מחוז המרכז
Country
ישראל

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Population
1200
Area
4919
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Contents
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • 1948, aftermath
  • See also
  • Footnotes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Fajja () was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.

==History== Pottery remains from the Chalcolithic, Middle Bronze II, Iron, Persian and Roman eras have been found here.

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