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Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 5, 1948
Distance from district center	29 (km) South of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	100 (meters)
Map location	See location number #37 on the map
Israeli military operation	Either during the battle for Mishma Ha'emek or during operation Coastal Clearing.
Exodus Cause	Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	The village has been mostly destroyed.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Burayka inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 1,864 Jewish 9,384 Public 186 Total 11,434
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 0 254 Irrigated & Plantation 78 1,841 Planted W/ Cereal 1,538 1,421 Built up 15 0 Cultivable 1,616 3,516 Non-Cultivable 419 5,868
Population before occupation	Year Population 1922 249 1931 237 1945 290 1948 336 Est. Refugees 1998 2,066
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 45 1948 63
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Burayka by Broiquet.
Schools	Burayka had a school which was founded during the Ottoman period in 1889, but was later closed during the British Mandate period.
Archeological sites	The village had Khirbat Burayka which contained an artificial mound, probably dating back to the Byzantine Period.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	No settlements on village lands.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   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 village site is a closed, military-industrial area."

 

 
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