Table 1

Availability of imagery and characteristics of cemeteries included in the analysis

CemeterySubdistrictNumber of observationsTimespan of available imageryNumber of gravesSurface area (m2)
EarliestLatestStartingEndingStartingEnding
Abu Harbeh AljadidahAl Mansurah821 July 201629 August 20200128906088
Aden Al-SoughraAl Burayqah921 July 20161 September 20202221265279711 821
Al-OthmaniAsh Shaykh Othman721 July 20167 September 2020261568n/an/a
Al-Qalua’aDar Sad82 June 20176 August 2020041502368
Al-Qateea’Kritar - Sirah621 July20166 July 202068668522n/an/a
Bir AhmedAl Burayqah721 July20161 September 20201039190924 29231 735
FaqamAl Burayqah715 November201619 September 2020777929n/an/a
Kod Al-OthmaniAsh Shaykh Othman55 December20186 July 2020212255n/an/a
Al-MansouraAl Mansurah421 July 20166 July 202020103960n/a*n/a
Al=RadwanAsh Shaykh Othman93 November20167 September 20206606507403538 954
Salah Al-DeenAl Burayqah821 July20161 September 2020755116755809198
  • *n/a indicates that the cemetery has not expanded in orderly ‘blocks’ of new area but rather that new graves were added to existing burial areas in an ‘infilling’ pattern: in such cases, we did not consider surface area a meaningful metric.