Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	May 15, 1948
Distance from district center	12.5 (km) South West of Haifa
Elevation from the sea	25 (meters)
Map location	See location number #11 on the map
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	No traces of Arab houses are left behind.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	'Atlit inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 15 Jewish 5,262 Public 3,806 Total 9,083
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Jewish (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 11 1,262 Planted W/ Cereal 247 3,169 Built up 0 124 Cultivable 258 4,431 Non-Cultivable 3,563 707
Population before occupation	Year Population 19th century 200 1931 452 1945 660 (510 Jewish) 1948 174 Est. Refugees 1998 1,069
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 193 1948 193
Town's name through history	During the Hellenistic period, 'Atlit was known by Adarus.
Inhabitants place of origin	In 1296, descendants of the 'Uwayrat tribe (a Tatar tribe) settled in 'Atlit and its vicinity.
Nearby wadies & rivers	Wadi al-Tabun, wadi al-Sukhul, and Wadi Falah are bordering the village.
Archeological sites	'Atlit contained a Crusades Castle called Castle Peregrinorum (castle of the pilgrims), and a Muslim cemetery east of the Crusader castle which has an Arabic inscription dating to 1800s.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	'Atlit and Newe Yam
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More Information	Language External Links Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"No traces of Arab houses are left. A railroad station that used to serve the village is still in use. A prison in the vicinity was used by Israel in 1989 for holding Lebanese and Palestinian detainees."