Al-Butaymat
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| Arabic | البطيمات |
| Name meaning | "the place with the terebinths." |
| Also spelled | Buteimat, al-Buteimat |
| Subdistrict | Haifa |
| Coordinates | 32°33′12″N 35°5′38″E / 32.55333°N 35.09389°ECoordinates: 32°33′12″N 35°5′38″E / 32.55333°N 35.09389°E |
| Palestine grid | 159/217 |
| Population | 110 (1945) |
| Date of depopulation | May 1948 |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Fear of being caught up in the fighting |
| Current localities | Gal'ed Former: Regavim |
Al-Butaymat (Arabic: البطيمات, El Buteimât) was a Palestinian Arab village the Haifa Subdistrict, located 31 kilometers (19 mi) southeast of Haifa. It was depopulated during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 1, 1948 under the Battle of Mishmar HaEmek.
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) found "traces of ruins" here.
A Haifa man, named Mustafa al-Khalil acquired land in among other places, Al-Butaymat.
In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, el Buteimat had a population of 112 Muslims, in a total of 29 houses.
In 1945 the village had a population of 110 Muslims, and they had 3,832 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 8 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 2,508 for cereals, while 4 dunams were built-up (urban) land.
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