convertunits.com says...
"Land area in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip has been measured in dunams since the era of the British Mandate of Palestine."
But fact is this goes back to the time when Palestine was part of the Ottoman Empire. It is in fact a hangover from the Ottoman days. And the Ottomans kept meticulous records.
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| 02/04/2014, 10:34 PM | dunam |