Fajja

Fajja
فجّة
Etymology: from personal name
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Fajja (click the buttons)
Fajja
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°05′12″N 34°54′8″E / 32.08667°N 34.90222°E / 32.08667; 34.90222
Palestine grid141/165
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictJaffa
Date of depopulationMay 15, 1948
Area
  Total
4,419 dunams (4.4 km2 or 1.7 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
  Total
1,200
Cause(s) of depopulationWhispering campaign
Current LocalitiesPetah Tikva

Fajja (Arabic: فجّة) was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.