Arab al-Bawati
Arab al-Bawati
عرب البواطي/خربة الحكمة | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: Kh. el Hakeimîyeh, the ruin of el Hakeimîyeh | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Arab al-Bawati (click the buttons) | |
Arab al-Bawati Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°31′41″N 35°32′21″E / 32.52806°N 35.53917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 200/214 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | 16 or 20 May 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 10,641 dunams (10.641 km2; 4.109 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 520 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Arab al-Bawati (Arabic: عرب البواطي/خربة الحكمة), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
It was located 4 kilometres north east of Baysan in the Baysan valley.