Qaddita

Qaddita
قدّيتا
Kaditta
Village
Etymology: from personal name[1]
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Qaddita is located in Mandatory Palestine
Qaddita
Qaddita
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°00′17″N 35°28′5″E / 33.00472°N 35.46806°E / 33.00472; 35.46806
Palestine grid194/267
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictSafad
Date of depopulationMay 11, 1948[4]
Area
 • Total2,441 dunams (2.441 km2 or 603 acres)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total240[2][3]
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesKadita

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.

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 76
  2. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Hadawi71 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #46. Also gives cause of depopulation.

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