Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi
الجمْاسين الغربي | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: The western buffalo breeders | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi (click the buttons) | |
Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′34″N 34°47′50″E / 32.09278°N 34.79722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 131/166 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | March 17, 1948 |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,080 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Al-Jammasin al-Gharbi was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on March 17, 1948. It was located 6.5 km northeast of Jaffa.