Malha
Malha
المالحة
מלחה | |
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| Etymology: The salt-pan | |
Village boundaries of Maliha in the Mandatory Palestine period | |
| Palestine grid | 167/129 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
| Date of depopulation | 21 April 1948, 15 July 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,449 dunams (13.449 km2; 5.193 sq mi) |
| Population (1948) | |
• Total | 1,940 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Secondary cause | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
Malha is a neighborhood in southwest Jerusalem, between Pat, Ramat Denya and Kiryat Hayovel in the Valley of Rephaim. Before 1948, Malha was an Arab village known as al-Maliha (Arabic: المالحة).
Malha is now an upscale neighborhood featuring the Malha Shopping Mall, Teddy Stadium, and the Jerusalem Technology Park.