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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 12, 1948
Distance from district center	4.5 (km) Southwest of Baysan
Elevation from the sea	-125 (meters)
Map location	See location number #20 on the map
Israeli military operation	Operation Gideon
Israeli attacking brigade	Golan Brigades and possibly Irgun Zvai Leumi (IZL) too.
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village was completely destroyed and defaced.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Upon occupation, both Farwana and al-Ashrafiyya inhabitants fled towards Jordan.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,608 Jewish 1,293 Public 810 Total 6,711
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 143 11 Irrigated & Plantation 4,458 772 Planted W/ Cereal 590 510 Cultivable 5,191 1,293 Non-Cultivable 227 0
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 136 1931 48 1945 230 1948 267 Est. Refugees 1998 1,638
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 11 1948 61
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village is situated nearby Wadi al-Maddu'.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Reshafim & Sheluchot.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"The site and the area around it are cultivated by the residents of Reshafim. A fishery also has been built on the site."

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Clan/Hamolah

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