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Dallata
دلاّتة | |
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| Etymology: from personal name[1] | |
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  Dallata Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 33°01′19″N 35°29′56″E / 33.02194°N 35.49889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/269 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Safad |
| Date of depopulation | Not known[4] |
| Area [3] | |
| • Total | 9,072 dunams (9.072 km2 or 3.503 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
| • Total | 360[2][3] |
| Current Localities | Dalton[5] |
Dallata (Arabic: دلاّتة) was an Arab village, located on a hilltop 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north of Safad. Constructed upon an ancient site, it was known to the Crusaders as Deleha. Dallata was included in the late 16th century Ottoman census and British censuses of the 20th century. Its inhabitants were primarily agriculturalists, with some involved in carpentry or trade.
Dallata was depopulated during the 1948 Palestine war on around May 10, 1948 by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. Following the establishment of Israel, the Israeli locality of Dalton was established about 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) southwest of the village site.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 71
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 9
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 69.
- ^ According to Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #40.
- ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 443