Bir Salim () was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of

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. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 9, 1948, by the Givati Brigade. It was located 4 km west of

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History

In the 1945 statistics, the village had a population of 410 Muslims, while the total land area was 3,401

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s, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 742 dunums of village land was used for

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and

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s, 510 dunums were irrigated or used for plantations, 1,468 dunums were for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
114
/ref> while 681 dunams were classified as non-cultivable areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p
164
/ref> Er Ramle 1941

1948, aftermath

Netzer Sereni was established on village land in 1948.

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History

1948, aftermath

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