Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 6, 1948
Distance from district center	9 (km) Southwest of al-Ramla
Elevation from the sea	50 (meters)
Map location	See location number #36 on the map
Israeli attacking brigade	Giv'ati Brigade
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	'Aqior was mostly destroyed with the exception of five of its houses.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Aqir inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 11,322 Jewish 3,222 Public 1,281 Total 15,825
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Area planted w/ citrus 1,300 1,395 Irrigated & Plantation 914 36 Planted W/ Cereal 9,739 1,777 Built up 46 0 Cultivable 11,953 3,208 Non-Cultivable 604 14
Population before occupation	Year Population 1931 1,691 1945 2,480 1948 2,877 Est. Refugees 1998 17,667
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 401 1948 682
Town's name through history	The Romans referred to the village by Accaron.
Schools	Two elementary schools: the 1st was for boys founded in 1921 which had an enrollment of 391 boys in 1945; the 2nd was for girls which had an enrollment of 46 girls in 1945.
Religious institutions	Two mosques
Shrines/maqams	Two shrines for unknown individuals.
Nearby wadies & rivers	The village is situated 1 km north of Wadi al-Nasufiyya.
Water supplies	Ground water was plentiful, and in the 1940s a number of artesian wells were drilled.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Mazkeret Batya, Kefar 'Eqron, and Ganne Yochanan.
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates 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:
"Of the original village houses, no more than five still stand, deserted and nearly collapsing. One of these houses, located at the edge of a citrus grove, is made of cement blocks, with rectangular doors and windows and a tiled, sloping roof".

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