Summil
Sign in to saveSummil () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza. It was situated on a sandy hill in the coastal plain and had a population of 950 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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Place details
- Locality
- מועצה אזורית יואב
- Region
- מחוז הדרום
- Country
- ישראל
- Population
- 717
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Summil
- Settlement.native_name
- صميل
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.other_name
- Summeil
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Former village
- Settlement.imagesize
- 250
- Settlement.image_caption
- ancient wall in Summil
- Settlement.etymology
- "Hard and withered"
- 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 Summil (click the buttons)
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 200
Key dates
- Inception
- 1168
- Dissolved
- 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Mandatory Palestine
- Located in
- Gaza Subdistrict
- Population
- +950
- Area
- +19304
- Elevation
- +125
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Article
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Roman period
- Crusader and Mamluk periods
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate of Palestine
- 1948 and aftermath
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Summil () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located northeast of Gaza. It was situated on a sandy hill in the coastal plain and had a population of 950 in 1945. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
==History== ===Roman period=== A marble bust of Pan, dating from the 1st or 2nd century CE, has been found here.