Kawkaba

Kawkaba
كوكبا
Kaukaba
Etymology: Star, or mountain, or donjon
1870s map
1940s map
modern map
1940s with modern overlay map
A series of historical maps of the area around Kawkaba (click the buttons)
Kawkaba is located in Mandatory Palestine
Kawkaba
Kawkaba
Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°37′51″N 34°39′46″E / 31.63083°N 34.66278°E / 31.63083; 34.66278
Palestine grid117/115
Geopolitical entityMandatory Palestine
SubdistrictGaza
Date of depopulation12 May 1948
Area
 • Total
8,542 dunams (8.542 km2; 3.298 sq mi)
Population
 (1945)
 • Total
680
Cause(s) of depopulationInfluence of nearby town's fall
Current LocalitiesKokhav Michael
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Kawkaba (Arabic: كوكبا), known to the Crusaders as Coquebel, was a Palestinian Arab village that was occupied by Israel during Operation Yoav during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, and depopulated.

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