Al-Burayj
البريج' | |
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Etymology: The little tower[1] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Burayj (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°44′25″N 34°55′52″E / 31.74028°N 34.93111°E | |
Palestine grid | 143/127 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Jerusalem |
Date of depopulation | Not known[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 19,080 dunams (19.08 km2 or 7.37 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 720[2][3] |
Current Localities | Sdot Micha[5]Sdot Micha Airbase[5] |
Al-Burayj or Bureij, lit. 'little tower',[6] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War on October 19, 1948, during the first phase of Operation Ha-Har. The village was located 28.5 km west of Jerusalem.