Qaqun

Qaqun () was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Qaqun
Settlement.native_name: قاقون
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.other_name: Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun
Settlement.image_skyline: Qaqun-fortress-18.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250
Settlement.image_caption: In the Crusader period, a castle called Caco or Cacho stood here, of which an 8.5m tower survives.
Settlement.etymology: from personal name
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 Qaqun (click the buttons)
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 200
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 149/196
Settlement.subdivision_type: Geopolitical entity
Settlement.subdivision_name: Mandatory Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Subdistrict
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tulkarm

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Etymology
History
Ancient and classical
Crusader period
Mamluk period
Ottoman period
British Mandate
1948 War
After 1948
See also
References
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Qaqun () was a Palestinian Arab village located northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.

Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site. Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period and was depopulated during a military operation by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, after Iraqi troops used the town as a base for operations.

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