| Statistic & Fact |
Value |
| Average elevation |
775 meters |
| Military Operations against town |
Town was attacked by the following operations: Yevussi, Qilshon, Schiffon & Qedem |
| Israeli acts of terror |
Massacre occured by Jewish troops against the town's inhabitants. |
| Land ownership |
| Ethnic Group |
Land Ownership (Dunums) |
| Arab |
11,420 |
| Jewish |
5,452 |
| Public |
3,918 |
| Total |
20,864 |
|
| Land usage in 1945 |
| Land Usage Type |
Arab (Dunum) |
Jewish (Dunum) |
| Irrigated & Plantation |
196 |
0 |
| Planted W/ Cereal |
739 |
325 |
| Built up |
14,284 |
5,108 |
| Cultivable |
935 |
325 |
| Non-Cultivable |
119 |
19 |
|
| Lands usurped within armistice area |
1,562 Dunums |
| Population |
| Year |
Population |
| 1922 |
28,607 |
| 1945 |
157,080 (97,000 Jewish) |
| 1961 |
60,488 |
| 1982 |
65,000 |
| 1987 |
130,600 |
| 1997 |
254,387 |
| Est. Refugees 1998 |
427,988 |
|
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