Qaqun

Qaqun
قاقون
Quaquo, Caco, Chaco, Kâkôn, Kakoun
In the Crusader period, a castle called Caco or Cacho stood here, of which an 8.5m tower survives.
Etymology: from personal name
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Qaqun (click the buttons)
Qaqun
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°21′36″N 34°59′43″E / 32.36000°N 34.99528°E / 32.36000; 34.99528
Palestine grid149/196
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTulkarm
Date of depopulation5 June 1948
Area
 • Total
41,767 dunams (41.767 km2 or 16.126 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,970
Cause(s) of depopulationMilitary assault by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesHaMa'apil, Gan Yoshiya, Ometz, ´Olesh, Haniel, Yikon

Qaqun (Arabic: قاقون) was a Palestinian Arab village located 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) northwest of the city of Tulkarm at the only entrance to Mount Nablus from the coastal Sharon plain.

Evidence of organized settlement in Qaqun dates back to the period of Assyrian rule in the region. Ruins of a Crusader and Mamluk castle still stand at the site. Qaqun was continuously inhabited by Arabs since at least as early as the Mamluk period and was depopulated during a military assault by Israeli forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

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