Place Name
al-Masmiyya al-Kabira (المسميّة الكبيرة)Place Description
A historic Palestinian village in the Gaza subdistrict, situated on the southern coastal plain approximately 41 km northeast of Gaza, bordered by a wadi to the north and located at the junction of roads leading to al-Majdal, Ramla, and the Jerusalem–Jaffa highway; the village was laid out in a roughly trapezoidal pattern and surrounded by gardens. Agriculture was the mainstay of the village economy, with cereals, citrus, and bananas as the dominant crops; in 1944/45, 18,082 dunums were devoted to cereals, 1,005 dunums to citrus and bananas, and 597 dunums to irrigated land or orchards, alongside livestock and poultry raising.Also Known As
المسميّة الكبيرةPlace Type
CityMap Coordinates
Latitude
31.757892Longitude
34.785119General Notes
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POM_ID:290Updated By
Steve Benzek