Suruh

Suruh
سروح
Village
Etymology: personal name, possibly from "to flow freely" (water) or "to pasture at large" (cattle)
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Suruh
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 33°05′06″N 35°17′35″E / 33.08500°N 35.29306°E / 33.08500; 35.29306
Palestine grid177/276
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictAcre
Date of depopulationearly November 1948
Area
 • Total
18,563 dunams (18.563 km2 or 7.167 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
1,000
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesShomera, Even Menachem, Kefar Rosenwald, Shtula

Suruh (Arabic: سروح), was a Palestinian Arab hamlet, located 28.5 kilometers (17.7 mi) northeast of Acre. It became depopulated in the 1948 Arab-Israeli war.

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