Awlam
Awlam
عولم 'Ulam | |
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| Etymology: possibly from the Arabic form of “a full well” | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Awlam (click the buttons) | |
Awlam Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′59″N 35°29′57″E / 32.66639°N 35.49917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/230 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Tiberias |
| Date of depopulation | April 6, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 720 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Abandonment on Arab orders |
Awlam (Arabic: عولم) was a Palestinian village 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward Wadi Awlam.
In the late Ottoman period it was a ruin, resettled by Algerian migrants under the auspices of the Ottomans.