Khirbat Bayt Lid

Khirbat Bayt Lid

خربة بيت لد
Khirbet Beit Lid
Khirbat Bayt Lid خربة بيت لد Khirbet Beit Lid
Village
	Etymology: El Mughair=the caves
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Bayt Lid (click the buttons)
	Khirbat Bayt Lid Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°19′04″N 34°53′33″E / 32.31778°N 34.89250°E
Palestine grid	140/191
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	5 April 1948
Area (2,969 Arab, 2,220 Jewish)
• Total	5,336 dunams (5.336 km2 or 2.060 sq mi)
Population
• Total	460
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Current Localities	Nordia

Khirbat Bayt Lid (Arabic: خربة بيت لد) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Tulkarm Subdistrict. It was depopulated by its Arab inhabitants during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

Khirbat Bayt Lid خربة بيت لد Khirbet Beit Lid
Village
Etymology: El Mughair=the caves
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Khirbat Bayt Lid (click the buttons)
Khirbat Bayt Lid Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°19′04″N 34°53′33″E / 32.31778°N 34.89250°E / 32.31778; 34.89250
Palestine grid	140/191
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Tulkarm
Date of depopulation	5 April 1948
Area (2,969 Arab, 2,220 Jewish)
• Total	5,336 dunams (5.336 km² or 2.060 sq mi)
Population
• Total	460
Cause(s) of depopulation	Fear of being caught up in the fighting
Current Localities	Nordia