Sirin, Baysan
Sirin
سرين Sereen | |
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| Etymology: folds (a village) | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Sirin, Baysan (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°39′48″N 35°30′33″E / 32.66333°N 35.50917°E | |
| Palestine grid | 197/228 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Baysan |
| Date of depopulation | April 6, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 28,445 dunams (28.445 km2 or 10.983 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 810 |
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Sirin (Arabic: سرين), was a Palestinian Arab village located 17 kilometers (11 mi) north of Beisan. The village was depopulated and destroyed in 1948. Only the village cemetery and one house remain standing, along with the remains of a mosaic pavement and a vaulted spring dating to the Byzantine period. Mentioned in historical documents, the 1596 census indicated it had 45 households; by 1945, the number of inhabitants had risen to 810.