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| Bayt Dajan District of Jaffa بيت دجن - בית דג'ן Ethnically cleansed days ago |
Statistic/Fact
Value
Israeli occupation date
April 25, 1948
Distance from district center
9 (km) East of Jaffa
Elevation from the sea
25 (meters)
Map location
See location number #22 on the map
Israeli military operation
Operation Chametz
Israeli attacking brigade
Alexandroni Brigade
Defenders
Arab Liberation Army
Exodus Cause
Influence of fall of, or exoduce from, neighboring town
Village remains
after destruction by IsraelisA number of houses remain standing; some are deserted, and some are being used as office buildings or storage warehouses by Israeli Jewish settlers.
Ethnically cleansing
by IsraelisBayt Dajan inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership
before occupation
Ethnic Group
Land Ownership (Dunums)
Arab
12,261
Jewish
1,975
Public
3,091
Total
17,327
Land usage in 1945
Land Usage Type
Arab (Dunum)
Jewish (Dunum)
Area planted w/ citrus
7,990
1,078
Irrigated & Plantation
3,195
758
Area planted w/ olives
35
0
Planted W/ Cereal
676
83
Built up
60
0
Cultivable
11,861
1,919
Non-Cultivable
3,431
56
Population
before occupation
Year
Population
1596
633
1922
1,714
1931
2,653
1945
3,840
1948
4,454
Est. Refugees 1998
27,355
Number of houses
Year
Number of houses
1931
591
1948
992
Town's name through history
Beit Dajan was mentioned in the Old Testament by Beth Dagon. During the Assyrian period, the village was known by Bit Daganna, and the Romans called it Keparada gon.
Schools
Beit Dajan had two elementary schools: the 1st was an elementary school for boys in 1920 and it had an enrollment of 353 boys in 1945; the 2nd school was for girls and it had an enrollment of 102 girls in 1945.
Archeological sites
The Ummayyad Caliph Hisham ibn 'Abd al-Malik (A.D. 724- 743) built a palace in the village, and also the Crusades built a castle known by Casal Maen.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands
Beyt Dagan, Mishrnar ha-Shiv'a, Chemed, and Gannot.
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According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"A number of houses remain; some are deserted, others are occupied by Jewish families, or used as stores, office buildings, or warehouses. They exhibit a variety of architectural features. One inhabited house is made of concrete and has a rectangular plan, a flat roof, rectangular front windows, and two arched side windows. Another has been converted into the Eli Cohen synagogue; it is made of concrete and has a flat roof and a round-arched front door and window."
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