Burayr
Burayr
برير Bureir Ibreir | |
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| Etymology: "The little wilderness" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Burayr (click the buttons) | |
Burayr Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′14″N 34°38′29″E / 31.57056°N 34.64139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 116/108 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 12, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 46.1 km2 (17.8 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,740 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Bror Hayil, Tlamim, Zohar, Sde David, Heletz |
Burayr (Arabic: برير) also spelled Bureir, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Gaza Subdistrict, 18 kilometers (11 mi) northeast of Gaza City. Its population in 1945 was 2,740. The village was the site of a massacre and it was depopulated and destroyed during the 1948 Palestine war as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight. It had an average elevation of 100 meters (330 ft).