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Suhmata
سحماتا Soukhmata[1] Sahmatah, Samueth, Samahete | |
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| Etymology: possibly from "black"[2] | |
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  Suhmata Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°00′19″N 35°18′14″E / 33.00528°N 35.30389°E | |
| Palestine grid | 179/268 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Acre |
| Date of depopulation | 30 October 1948[5] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 17,056 dunams (17.056 km2 or 6.585 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 1,130[3][4] |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Tzuriel,[6] Hosen[6] |
Suhmata (Arabic: سحماتا), was a Palestinian village, located 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Acre. It was depopulated by the Golani Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
- ^ Guérin, 1880, p. 74
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 54
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 5
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 41
- ^ Morris, 2004, xvii, village #64. Also provides cause of depopulation.
- ^ a b Khalidi, 1992, p. 30