Khirbat al-Sawamir

Khirbat al-Sawamir
Etymology: "Places of nocturnal entertainment"
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat al-Sawamir (click the buttons)
Khirbat al-Sawamir
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°37′43″N 34°57′30″E / 32.62861°N 34.95833°E / 32.62861; 34.95833
Palestine grid146/226
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictHaifa
Date of depopulationMay 22, 1948
Population
 (1931)
 • Total
1,439 together with Ayn Ghazal
Current LocalitiesOfer

Khirbat al-Sawamir was a Palestinian Arab village in the Haifa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 22, 1948. It was located 22 kilometres south of Haifa.

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