Al-Jura, Jerusalem

Al-Jura

الجورة
Al-Jura الجورة
	a ruined house, one of the last remains of the village
	Etymology: The water hole
	1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jura, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
	Al-Jura Location within Mandatory Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°45′25″N 35°08′56″E / 31.75694°N 35.14889°E
Palestine grid	164/129
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	Not known
Area
• Total	4,158 dunams (4.158 km2 or 1.605 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	420
Current Localities	Ora

Al-Jura (el Jurah) was a Palestinian Arab village in the Jerusalem Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on July 11, 1948, under Operation Danny. It was located 8.5 km west of Jerusalem. al-Jura was mostly destroyed with the exception of several deserted houses.

^ Palmer, 1881, p. 296
^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ Morris, 2004, p. xx, village #355. Gives both cause and date of depopulation as "Not known".
^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 298

Al-Jura الجورة
a ruined house, one of the last remains of the village
Etymology: The water hole^[1]
1870s map 1940s map modern map 1940s with modern overlay map A series of historical maps of the area around Al-Jura, Jerusalem (click the buttons)
Al-Jura Location within Mandatory Palestine
Coordinates: 31°45′25″N 35°08′56″E / 31.75694°N 35.14889°E / 31.75694; 35.14889
Palestine grid	164/129
Geopolitical entity	Mandatory Palestine
Subdistrict	Jerusalem
Date of depopulation	Not known^[4]
Area
• Total	4,158 dunams (4.158 km² or 1.605 sq mi)
Population (1945)
• Total	420^[2]^[3]
Current Localities	Ora^[5]