Zarnuqa
زرنوقة | |
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![]() Village mosque in 2016. | |
Etymology: "The rivulet"[1] | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Zarnuqa (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°52′47″N 34°47′17″E / 31.87972°N 34.78806°E | |
Palestine grid | 130/143 |
Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
Subdistrict | Ramle |
Date of depopulation | 27–28 May 1948[4] |
Area | |
• Total | 7,545 dunams (7.545 km2 or 2.913 sq mi) |
Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,380[2][3] |
Cause(s) of depopulation | Expulsion by Yishuv forces |
Current Localities | Rehovot, Kvutzat Shiller, Gibton and Givat Brenner |
Zarnuqa (Arabic: زرنوقة), also Zarnuga,[5] was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated on 27–28 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.