Qaddita
Qaddita
قدّيتا Kaditta | |
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Village | |
| Etymology: from personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Qaddita (click the buttons) | |
Qaddita Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°00′17″N 35°28′5″E / 33.00472°N 35.46806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 194/267 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | May 11, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,441 dunams (2.441 km2; 0.942 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 240 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
| Current Localities | Kadita |
Qaddita (Arabic: قدّيتا, transliteration: Qaddîtâ) was a Palestinian Arab village of 240, located 4.5 kilometers (2.8 mi) northwest of Safad. It was captured and depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, with some of its inhabitants expelled or fleeing to nearby 'Akbara where they live as internally displaced Palestinians and others to refugee camps in Lebanon or Syria.