Dimra
Dimra
دمره Dimrah, Beit Dimreh Demreh | |
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Farmers of Dimra winnowing their corn crop, 1941 | |
| Etymology: Tumrah; personal name. Also called Beit Dimreh, "by the peasantry" | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Dimra (click the buttons) | |
Dimra Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°33′32″N 34°34′2″E / 31.55889°N 34.56722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 108/107 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | early November 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8.5 km2 (3.3 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 520 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current Localities | Erez |
Dimra (Arabic: دمره) was a small Arab village located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) northeast of Gaza City in British Palestine. Ancient remains at the site attest to a long-time human settlement there; during the Mamluk era, the town was the home of the Bani Jabir tribe. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and is now the site of Erez, a kibbutz in Israel.