Al-Muwaylih المويْلح | |
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Village | |
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  Al-Muwaylih Location withinMandatory Palestine | |
| Coordinates:32°07′17″N34°55′27″E / 32.12139°N 34.92417°E /32.12139; 34.92417 | |
| Palestine grid | 142/169 |
| Geopolitical entity | Mandatory Palestine |
| Subdistrict | Jaffa |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,342 dunams (3.342 km2 or 1.290 sq mi) |
| Population (1945) | |
• Total | 360[1][2] |
| Current Localities | Neve Yarak[3] |
Al-Muwaylih (Arabic:المويْلح,El Muweilih) was aPalestinian village in theJaffa Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the1948 Palestine War.
In the1931 census of Palestine, conducted by theBritish Mandate authoritiesMalalha had 37Muslim inhabitants.[4]
In the 1945 statistics the population numbered 360 Muslims,[1] who had a total of 3,342 dunams of land.[2] Of this, 949 dunums were planted with citrus and bananas, 27 dunums were plantations and irrigable land, 1,796 were forcereals,[5] while a total of 194 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.[6]
Neve Yarak is located, partly on Al-Muwaylih land, and partly on land formerly belonging toJaljuliya.[3]
By 1992, it was described: "The site is very difficult to identify. Some of the houses still stand, deserted, amidst wild vegetation. One of them belonged to Hashim al-Jayyusi, who later became aJordanian cabinet minister. It is a two-storey, concrete structure with rectangular doors and windows and a stairway in front that leads to the second storey. The other villas have been reduced to rubble. The land in the area is cultivated."[3]
