Khirbat Al-Dumun
Al-Dumun
خربة الدامون Khirbet al Damun | |
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Damon prison, 2010 | |
| Etymology: Duweimîn, the little dôm trees, a kind of Zizyphus | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Al-Dumun (click the buttons) | |
Al-Dumun Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°43′58″N 35°01′20″E / 32.73278°N 35.02222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 152/237 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Date of depopulation | April 30, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,797 dunams (2.797 km2; 1.080 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 340 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Al-Dumun (Arabic: الدامون) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on April 30, 1948. It was located 10.5 km southeast of Haifa.