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Qastina
قسطينة
Kastina[1]
Village
Shepherd with sheep in Qastina, before 1948
Shepherd with sheep in Qastina, before 1948
Etymology: El Kustîneh, Kŭstîleh, i.e., Castellum[2]
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Qastina is located in Mandatory Palestine
Qastina
Qastina
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′21″N 34°45′44″E / 31.73917°N 34.76222°E / 31.73917; 34.76222
Palestine grid127/127
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulation9 July 1948[5]
Area
[4]
 • Total12,019 dunams (12.019 km2 or 4.641 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total890[3][4]
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Secondary causeInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesKfar Warburg,[6] Arugot,[6] Kfar Ahim,[6] Avigdor,[6] Kiryat Malakhi[6]

Qastina (Arabic: قسطينة) was a Palestinian village, located 38 kilometers northeast of Gaza City. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.[7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Census1922 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 272
  3. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 32
  4. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 46
  5. ^ Morris, 2004, p. xix, village #275. Also gives causes of depopulation.
  6. ^ a b c d e Khalidi, 1992, p. 131
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khalidi, 1992, p. 130 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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