Bayt Daras
Bayt Daras
بيت دراس Beit Daras, Baydarās-Badarās, Dāris Bethduras | |
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Old structure from Bayt Daras, presently in Azrikam | |
| Etymology: "The house of treading corn" | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Bayt Daras (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°43′24″N 34°40′58″E / 31.72333°N 34.68278°E | |
| Palestine grid | 120/125 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Gaza |
| Date of depopulation | May 11, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,357 dunams (16.357 km2 or 6.315 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 2,750 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
| Current Localities | Giv'ati Emunim Azrikam |
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Bayt Daras (Arabic: بيت دراس) was a Palestinian Arab town located 46 kilometers (29 mi) northeast of Gaza and approximately 50 meters (160 ft) above sea level. The village was depopulated and destroyed during the 1948 Palestine war, as part of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and the Nakba.