Salbit
Salbit
سلبيت Selebi, Shaalvim, Shaalbim, Shaalabbin | |
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| Etymology: from personal name | |
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Salbit (click the buttons) | |
Salbit Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°52′10″N 34°59′11″E / 31.86944°N 34.98639°E | |
| Palestine grid | 148/141 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | 15–16 July 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,111 dunams (6.111 km2; 2.359 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 510 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Shaalvim |
Salbit (Arabic: سلبيت, also spelled Selbît) was a Palestinian Arab village located 12 kilometers (7.5 mi) southeast of al-Ramla. Salbit was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War after a military assault by Israeli forces. The Israeli locality of Shaalvim was established on the former village's lands in 1951.