Zarnuqa

Zarnuqa
زرنوقة
Village mosque in 2016.
Etymology: "The rivulet"
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Zarnuqa (click the buttons)
Zarnuqa
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°52′47″N 34°47′17″E / 31.87972°N 34.78806°E / 31.87972; 34.78806
Palestine grid130/143
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictRamle
Date of depopulation27–28 May 1948
Area
 • Total
7,545 dunams (7.545 km2 or 2.913 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
2,380
Cause(s) of depopulationExpulsion by Yishuv forces
Current LocalitiesRehovot, Kvutzat Shiller, Gibton and Givat Brenner

Zarnuqa (Arabic: زرنوقة), also Zarnuga, was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict. It was depopulated on 27–28 May 1948 during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.

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