Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya
السوافير الشمالية al-Sawafir al-Halil, Suafir Ibn Audeh, Saouafir ech-Chemalieh Saouafir, Abou -A'ouarr, Sawalir Shamali, Sawafir esh Shamaliya, sawafir ode | |
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| Etymology: "The northern nomads" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya (click the buttons) | |
al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′48″N 34°42′15″E / 31.71333°N 34.70417°E | |
| Palestine grid | 122/124 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 18, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 5,861 dunams (5.861 km2; 2.263 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 680 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya (Arabic: السوافير الشمالية) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, located 33 kilometers (21 mi) northeast of Gaza situated along the southern coastal plain of Palestine 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level. It was one of three namesake villages, alongside Al-Sawafir al-Sharqiyya and Al-Sawafir al-Gharbiyya.
It had a population of 680 in 1945. Al-Sawafir al-Shamaliyya was depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.