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Beitillu
Beitillu ( ar, بيت إللو) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, 19 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 3,083 in mid-year 2006 Presently much of the villagers' traditional land, springs, gardens with olive and fig trees, near the Israeli settlement of Nachliel cannot be accessed, because their way is barred by Israeli soldiers or settlers, often with dogs. Beitillu, together with Deir 'Ammar and Jammala, form the new town of Al-Ittihad. increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 440, still all Muslim, in 98 houses.Mills, 1932, p 47/ref> In the 1945 statistics the population of Beitillu was 490 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p 26/ref> with 13,409 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. 5,825 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,681 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Ittihad, Ramallah
Al-Ittihad ( ar, الاتحاد meaning "the Union") is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, created in 1997 as a merger of three towns Beitillu, Deir 'Ammar and Jammala. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 6,803 in 2007. Location of Al-Ittihad Al-Itihad is located northwest of Ramallah. Al-Itihad is bordered by Kobar and Al-Zaytouneh to the east, Deir Abu Mash'al, Deir Nidham and 'Abud to the north, Shabtin and Deir Qaddis to the west, and Ras Karkar, Kharbatha Bani Harith, Al-Zaytouneh and Al Janiya to the south.Al-Itihad Town Profile (Beitillu, Jammala & Deir 'Ammar) ARIJ, pp. 4-5 Beitillu Beitillu ( ar, بيتللو) is a |
Jammala
Jammala ( ar, جمّالا) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 18 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,453 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Jammala, together with Beitillu and Deir 'Ammar, form the new town of Al-Ittihad. increasing in the 1931 census to 164 Muslims, in 53 houses.Mills, 1932, 49/ref> In the 1945 statistics the population of Jammala was 200 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p 26/ref> while the total land area was 7,170 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,946 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,032 for cereals, while 19 dunams were classified as built-up areas. File:Jammala 1944.jpg, Jammala 1944 1:20,000 File:Deir Abu Mash'al 1945.jpg, Jammala 1945 1:250,000 Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir 'Ammar
Deir 'Ammar ( ar, دير عمار) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,414 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Deir 'Ammar, together with Beitillu and Jammala, form the new town of Al-Ittihad. increasing in the 1931 census to 316 Muslims in 81 houses.Mills, 1932, p48 In the 1945 statistics the population was 350 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p 26/ref> while the total land area was 7,189 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 2,242 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 1,615 for cereals, while 15 dunams were classified as built-up areas. Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Deir 'Ammar came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950. The Jordanian ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahliel
Nahliel ( he, נַחֲלִיאֵל) is a Haredi Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located close to the Palestinian villages of Beitillu and Deir 'Ammar, and some from Modi'in, it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council. In it had a population of . The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this. History The settlement was established in October 1984 by the Poalei Agudat Yisrael movement, and was named after the biblical city of Nahaliel and a book by Isaac Breuer, the founder of Poalei Agudat Yisrael. According to ARIJ, Nahliel was built on land confiscated from two Palestinian towns; 396 dunams from al-Ittihad and 19 dunams from al-Zaitounah. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ramallah And Al-Bireh Governorate
The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate ( ar, محافظة رام الله والبيرة ') is one of 16 governorates of Palestine. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate. Its district capital or ''muhfaza'' (seat) is the city of al-Bireh. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the district had a population of 279,730 in 2007. Its governor is Dr Laila Ghannam, the first female governor. Localities According to PCBS, the governorate has 78 localities, including refugee camps, in its jurisdiction. 13 localities have the status of municipality. Cities *Al-Bireh: 45,975 *Ramallah: 38,998 *Beitunia: 26,604 *Rawabi: 710 Municipalities The following localities in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate have populations over 5,000. *Bani Zeid * Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya * Beit Liqya * Bir Zeit * Deir Ammar *Deir Dibwan *Deir Jarir *al-Ittihad *Kharbatha al-Misbah *al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya *Ni'lin *Silwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arabic Script
The Arabic script is the writing system used for Arabic and several other languages of Asia and Africa. It is the second-most widely used writing system in the world by number of countries using it or a script directly derived from it, and the third-most by number of users (after the Latin and Chinese scripts). The script was first used to write texts in Arabic, most notably the Quran, the holy book of Islam. With the religion's spread, it came to be used as the primary script for many language families, leading to the addition of new letters and other symbols. Such languages still using it are: Persian (Farsi/Dari), Malay ( Jawi), Uyghur, Kurdish, Punjabi (Shahmukhi), Sindhi, Balti, Balochi, Pashto, Lurish, Urdu, Kashmiri, Rohingya, Somali and Mandinka, Mooré among others. Until the 16th century, it was also used for some Spanish texts, and—prior to the language reform in 1928—it was the writing system of Turkish. The script is written from right to left in a cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ras Karkar
Ras Karkar ( ar, رأس كركر) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,663 inhabitants in 2007. Location Ras Karkar is bordered by Al Janiya to the east, Al-Itihad to the north, Kharbatha Bani Harith to the west, and Kafr Ni'ma to the south. History Potsherds from the Hellenistic, Mamluk and early Ottoman era have been found.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 221 Ottoman era The village, also known as Ras Ibn Samhan, is topped with a castle on a high, rocky and sharply sloping mountain surrounded by cactus trees. One of the many throne villages (a central village dominated by a semi-feudal family which controlled tens of villages around it) in Palestine, the castle of the Samhan family, erected in 18th or 19th century, is the subject of a preservation effort, and provides proof of the great power and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shabtin
Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. Location Shabtin is located north-west of Ramallah. Shabtin is bordered by Al Itihad to the east, Shuqba to the north, Ni'lin to the west, and Deir Qaddis to the south. History Just southeast of the village (at grid no. 1544/1528) is ''Kh. Shabtin'', where pottery sherds from the Persian,Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 194 Persian/Hellenistic, late Roman,Dauphin, 1998, p. 830 Byzantine Umayyad/Abbasid eras have been found. The SWP noted "Traces of ruins" here. Pottery sherds from the Roman/Byzantine eras have been found at Shabtin.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 195 During the Crusader era, the area was a Crusader stronghold, centred around Aboud. Remains of a house from Crusader era have been identified in the centre of Shabtin. Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found in Shabtin, together with a hoard of 45 Mamluk gold coins. Ottoman era Sherds from the early Ottoma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir Qaddis
Deir Qaddis ( ar, دير قديس) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located sixteen kilometers west of Ramallah. In 1863 Guérin estimated that ''Deir Kaddis'' had about 350 inhabitants,Guérin, 1875, p85/ref> while an Ottoman village list of about 1870 showed ''Der Kaddis'' had 36 houses and a population of 112, though the population count included only the men. In 1883, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described ''Deir el Kuddis'' as a "small hamlet on a high hill-top, with gardens to the north .There is a well on the east."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p297/ref> British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Dair Qaddis had a population of 299 inhabitants, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Division Jaffa, Sub-district of Ramleh, p 22/ref> increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 368, still all Muslim, in 82 houses.Mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kharbatha Bani Harith
Kharbatha Bani Harith ( ar, خربثا بني حارث) is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, located 15 kilometers west of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. The name of the town is probably a corruption of Khirbat Bani Harith ("the ruins of the sons of Harith"). According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,846. It has a total land area of 7,120 dunams. Location Kharbatha Bani Harith is located west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ras Karkar to the east, Al-Itihad to the north, Deir Qaddis to the north and west, and Bil’in and Kafr Ni’ma to the south. History Pottery sherds from Iron Age II, Persian, Byzantine, Byzantine/Umayyad and Mamluk era have been found here.Finkelstein and Lederman, 1997, p. 200 Ottoman era Kharbatha Bani Harith was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared under the name of ''Harabta'' in the tax registers, being in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir Nidham
Deir Nidham ( ar, دير نظام) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately northwest of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 2007 census, the town had a population of 879. Location Deir Nidham is located northwest of Ramallah. It is bordered by Umm Safa and Kobar to the east, Nabi Salih and Bani Zeid to the north, 'Abud and Bani Zeid to the west, and Al-Itihad to the south. History Sherds have been found here from the Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras.Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 366 Ottoman era In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as ''Dayr an-Nidam'', located in the ''Nahiya'' of Jabal Quds of the '' Liwa'' of Al-Quds. The population was 4 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on agricultural ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Janiya
Al-Janiya ( ar, الجانيه) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate located 8 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 1,400 inhabitants by late 2014.Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p45/ref> This had increased by the time of the 1931 census to 250, 245 Muslims and 5 Christians, in 60 houses.Mills, 1932, p 49 In the 1945 statistics the population was 300, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p 26/ref> while the total land area was 7,565 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 2,961 were plantations and irrigable land, 1,423 for cereals, while 40 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas. Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Janiya came under Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 451 inhab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
