Statistic/Fact	Value
Israeli occupation date	July 10, 1948
Distance from district center	9 (km) Northeast of Acre
Elevation from the sea	55 (meters)
Map location	See location number #19 on the map
Israeli military operation	Dekel Operation
Israeli attacking brigade	Sheva' (Seventh) and Carmeli brigades
Exodus Cause	Military assault by Jewish troops
Village remains after destruction by Israelis	Kuwaykat was mostly destroyed with the exception of its shrine.
Ethnically cleansing by Israelis	Kuwaykat inhabitants were completely ethnically cleansed.
Land ownership before occupation	Ethnic Group Land Ownership (Dunums) Arab 4,668 Jewish 0 Public 65 Total 4,733
Land usage in 1945	Land Usage Type Arab (Dunum) Irrigated & Plantation 1,246 Area planted w/ olives 500 Planted W/ Cereal 3,316 Built up 26 Cultivable 4,562 Non-Cultivable 145
Population before occupation	Year Population 1596 300 1922 604 1931 789 1945 1,050 1948 1,218 Est. Refugees 1998 7,480
Number of houses	Year Number of houses 1931 163 1948 251
Town's name through history	The Crusades referred to Kuwaykat by Coket.
Schools	Kuwaykat had an elementary school for boys which was founded by the Ottomans in 1887.
Religious institutions	One Mosque.
Shrines/maqams	One shrine for the Druze Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Qurayshi which remains standing to this date. However, where are the Druze of Palestine to renovate their shrine?
Archeological sites	Kuwaykat has many archaeological remains especially nearby Tel Mimas, which contains an ancient water reservoir, wine presses, and rock-hewn tombs.
Exculsive jewish colonies on town's lands	Beyt ha-'Emeq
Related Maps	خرائط تفصيلية للمحافظة View from satellite Help us map this town at WikiMapia
More Information	Language External Links Arabic PalGates Hebrew Nakba in Hebrew   Nakba-Online

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Town Today

According to the Palestinian historian Walid Khalidi, the village remaining structures on the village land are:
"Little remains of the village except the deserted cemetery, completely overgrown with weeds, and rubble from houses. Inscriptions on two of the graves identify one as that of Hamad 'Isa al-Hajj, and another as that of Shaykh Salih Iskandar, who died in 1940. The shrine of Shaykh Abu Muhammad al-Qurayshi still stands but its stone pedestal is badly cracked. "