Shahma
Shahma
شحمة Shameh | |
|---|---|
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 Shahma (click the buttons) | |
Shahma Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°49′19″N 34°48′48″E / 31.82194°N 34.81333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 132/136 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | May 14, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 6,875 dunams (6.875 km2; 2.654 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 280 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Influence of nearby town's fall |
Shahma (Arabic: شحمة) was a Palestinian Arab village located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Ramla. Depopulated on the eve of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war, the village lands today form part of a fenced-in area used by the Israeli Air Force.