Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani
Zuq al-Hajj | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Kh. Zûk el Hâj, the pilgrim’s town or village. Zak is a local Syriac word | |
1870s map
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1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Zuq al-Fawqani (click the buttons) | |
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°14′37″N 35°35′30″E / 33.24361°N 35.59167°E | |
| Palestine grid | 205/294 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 21, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,832 dunams (1.832 km2; 0.707 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 160 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Yuval |
Al-Zuq al-Fawqani was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 21, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 32 km northeast of Safad. It is identified with the Late Roman site of Golgol.