Al-Damun
Vanished settlement · Mandatory Palestine
- Abandoned
- 1948
- Founded
- —
- Population
- 1,310
- Coordinates
- 32.877, 35.183
Why it was abandoned
💥 War & expulsion
Detected automatically from the text: 1 mi) from the Mediterranean port city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war.
History
Damun, was a Palestinian Arab village located 11.5 kilometres (7.1 mi) from the Mediterranean port city of Acre that was depopulated during 1948 Arab-Israeli war. In 1945, Damun had 1,310 inhabitants, most of whom were Muslim and the remainder Christians. Damun bordered the Na'amin River, which the village's inhabitants used as a source of irrigation and drinking water from installed wells.