Qula
Qula
قولة Kouleh Cola, Chola | |
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Former village | |
The remains of the Crusader tower at Qula. The village mosque was located about 10m to the east of it. | |
| Etymology: from a personal name | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Qula (click the buttons) | |
Qula Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°02′15″N 34°57′20″E / 32.03750°N 34.95556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 146/160 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Ramle |
| Date of depopulation | 10 July 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,347 dunams (4.347 km2; 1.678 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,010 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Military assault by Yishuv forces |
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settlement_type. Replace with type.Qula (Arabic: قولة), also spelled and pronounced as Quliya, was a Palestinian village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine, located 15 km northeast of Ramla. Its residents had their origins in Jimzu, Ammuriya and other places.
Palestinian commander Hasan Salama, and his son Ali Hassan Salameh (1940-1979) were from Qula. The village was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.