Kawkaba
Kawkaba
كوكبا Kaukaba | |
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| Etymology: Star, or mountain, or donjon | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Kawkaba (click the buttons) | |
Kawkaba Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°37′51″N 34°39′46″E / 31.63083°N 34.66278°E | |
| Palestine grid | 117/115 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | 12 May 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,542 dunams (8.542 km2; 3.298 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 680 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Kokhav Michael |
Kawkaba (Arabic: كوكبا), known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was a Palestinian Arab village that was occupied by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated.