Fajja
Fajja
فجّة | |
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| Etymology: from personal name | |
A series of historical maps of the area around Fajja (click the buttons) | |
Location within Mandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′12″N 34°54′8″E / 32.08667°N 34.90222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 141/165 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Date of depopulation | May 15, 1948 |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,419 dunams (4.4 km2 or 1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 1,200 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign |
| Current Localities | Petah Tikva |
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Fajja (Arabic: فجّة) was a Palestinian town located 15 kilometers northeast of Jaffa. Ethnically cleansed during the Nakba, its land area is today part of the Israeli city of Petah Tikva.