Jilya

For the Indian Princely town, see Jiliya.
Jilya
Jilya
Subdistrict Ramle
Coordinates 31°46′05.30″N 34°51′52.15″E / 31.7681389°N 34.8644861°E / 31.7681389; 34.8644861Coordinates: 31°46′05.30″N 34°51′52.15″E / 31.7681389°N 34.8644861°E / 31.7681389; 34.8644861
Palestine grid 137/130
Population 330 (1945)
Date of depopulation July 9–10, 1948[1]
Cause(s) of depopulation Influence of nearby town's fall

Jilya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. The Romans referred to it as Jilya by Galla.According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Jilya had a population of 271 inhabitants, in 63 houses.[2] It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War by the Givati Brigade of the first stage of Operation Dani on July 9, 1948. It was located 17 km south of Ramla.

A 1596 census revealed a population of 94. By 1945, the population had increased to 330.

References

  1. Morris, 2004, p.xix, village #266. Also gives cause of depopulation.
  2. Mills, 1932, p. 20

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