Awlam

Awlam
عولم
'Ulam
Etymology: possibly from the Arabic form of “a full well”
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Awlam is located in Mandatory Palestine
Awlam
Awlam
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 32°39′59″N 35°29′57″E / 32.66639°N 35.49917°E / 32.66639; 35.49917
Palestine grid197/230
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictTiberias
Date of depopulationApril 6, 1948
Area
 • Total
18.5 km2 (7.1 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
720
Cause(s) of depopulationAbandonment on Arab orders
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'Awlam, also spelled 'Aulam and 'Ulam (Arabic: عولم), was a Palestinian village 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) south of Tiberias situated on the slopes of the westward Wadi Awlam.

In the late Ottoman period it was a ruin, resettled by Algerian migrants under the auspices of the Ottomans.