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Silwad
Silwad ( ar, سلواد) is a Palestinian town located north-east of Ramallah, about 5 km away from the Nablus-Jerusalem highway. Silwad's altitude is about 851 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 6,123 inhabitants in 2007. Etymology Historians have argued the etymology of Silwad's name. Some debated that it is derived from the words ''lisan'' and ''wad'', meaning "tongue of the valley," as the town is surrounded by mountains from all sides, while the town appears as a tongue amidst the mountains. Others claim that "Silwad" comes from the words ''sal'' and ''wad'', meaning "a running valley." Climate The climate is Mediterranean-mountainous. Silwad experiences cold and humid winters with several days of snow almost every year with an average annual precipitation of about 750 millimeters (29.5 inches). The summers are dry and mild. This climate is suitable for growing cherries, nectarines, ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silwad Camp
Silwad Camp (Arabic: مخيم سلواد), is a Palestinian refugee camp north-east of Ramallah, was established in 1972. The transfer took place in the form of the restructuring of the Nuseirat, Shati and Bureij refugee camps in Gaza. Building the Camp The Canadian government built the Silwad camp, beginning with a few small houses for a total of 350 inhabitants. The camp, which is now home to 600 refugees, would have continued to expand had building efforts not stopped as a result of a disagreement between the Israeli and the Canadian governments. Early Start The Silwad camp sits on ten acres of land that belonged to the Jordanian Government, which had purchased it from the residents of the town of Silwad in 1952 to establish a military post. The camp is now home to 70 families, displaced in 1948 from Jaffa, Al-Lod and Al-Ramleh. Utilities The refugees came to the new land and new homes, which although new, were small and humble and lacked water, electricity and basic se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ein Yabrud
Ein Yabrud ( ar, عين يبرود) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately 7 km northeast of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is 800 m. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) the town had a population of 3,000 in 2007. Location Ein Yabrud is located (horizontally) west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Rammun and Taybeh to the east, Yabrud and Silwad to the north, Dura al-Qar' to the west, and Deir Dibwan, Beitin and Al-Bireh to the south. History Sherds from the Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine eras have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 563 A grave, with three arcosolia, and with coins from the reign of Constantine the Great have been excavated here. Sherds from the Umayyad, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have also been found. Yaqut noted about Ein Yabrud and Yabrud: "A village lying north of Jerusalem, on the road from the Holy City ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Atara
Atara ( ar, عطارة ''Atâra'') is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. A village of nearly 2,300 inhabitants, it is situated along a mountain ridge line with four peaks and is built upon the second highest point in the West Bank at 810 meters above sea level. In 1922, the Jewish National Fund established a moshav on 500 dunams of land. Known as Ataroth, it was one of the first Zionist hill settlements. In the 1945 statistics the population of 'Atara was 690 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p26/ref> while the total land area was 9,545 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p64/ref> Of this, 3,524 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 3,550 for cereals, while 45 dunams were classified as built-up areas. Jo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yabrud, Ramallah
Yabrud ( ar, يبرود) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately 13 km northeast of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is 790 m. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) 2007 estimates, the town had a population of 644. Location Yabrud is located 8.7 km northeast of Ramallah. It is bordered by Silwad to the east and north, 'Ein Siniya village to the west, and Silwad and 'Ein Yabrud territories to the south. History Potsherds from the Iron Age IIFinkelstein et al, 1997, pp. 565–566 and the Byzantine eras have been found here. Byzantine remains have been incorporated into a local wely. Yaqut (1179–1229) noted about Ein Yabrud and Yabrud: "A village lying north of Jerusalem, on the road from the Holy City to Nabulus, between which and Yabrud is Kafar Natha. It possesses orchards and vineyards, and olives and Sumach trees." Potsherds from the Crusader/A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deir Jarir
Deir Jarir ( ar, دير جرير) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian agricultural town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located northeast of Ramallah. It is situated on a hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley (Middle East), Jordan Valley at an elevation of . In 1896 the population of Deir Jarir was estimated to be about 828 persons. British Mandate In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine, British Mandate authorities, the village, named ''Dair Ijreer'', had a population of 739, all Muslim. In the 1931 census of Palestine, 1931 census the population of Deir Jarir was a total of 847, still entirely Muslim, in 172 inhabited houses.Mills, 1932, p48/ref> In the Village Statistics, 1945, 1945 statistics, the population of Deir Jarir was 1,080, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p26/ref> who owned of land according to an official land and population survey. 3,091 dunams were plantations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jibiya, Ramallah
Jibiya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Location Jibiya is located north of Ramallah. It is bordered by Burham to the east, Umm Safa the east, north and west, and Kobar to the west and south. History Pottery sherds from the Hellenistic, Byzantine, and the Umayyad/Abbasid eras have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 399 It has been suggested that this was ''Geba'' in the Onomasticon,Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p290/ref> and the Crusader place called ''Gebea'', but both these identifications have now been discarded. Pottery sherds from the Mamluk era have also been found here. Ottoman era Pottery sherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here. In the spring of 1697, Henry Maundrell noted two "Arab villages," first "Geeb" and then "Selwid," both on the west side of the road on the way south from Nablus to Jerusalem.Maundrell, 1703, p63 March 25, 1697 Edward Robinson identified these two villages as Jibiy ... [...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] |
Ein Siniya
Ein Siniya ( ar, عين سينيا, ''‘Ayn Sîniyâ'') is a small Palestinian village of over 700 people in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, north of Ramallah, and approximately 1km northeast from Jifna.Grant, 1921, p223 It lies in a valley surrounded with olive and fig-terraces. Location 'Ein Siniya is located (horizontally) 8km east of Ramallah. It is bordered by Yabrud and Ein Yabrud to the east, 'Atara and Silwad to the north, Jifna and Birzeit to the west, and Jifna and Dura al-Qar' to the south. History Antiquity Numerous rock-cut tombs have been found around the village. Clermont-Ganneau identified Ein Siniya with Biblical ''Jeshanah'' and ''Isana'' of Josephus, but modern authors place that at ''Kh. el-Burn''. Ein Siniya has usually been identified as the Crusader village ''Aineseins'', which was one of 21 villages given by King Godfrey as a fief to the canons of the Holy Sepulchre.Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p11/ref> However, C. N. Johns, wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiljilyya
Jiljilyya ( ar, جلجليّا ) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank. Location Jiljilyya is located (horizontally) northeast of Ramallah. It is bordered by Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya to the east, Sinjil to the east and north, 'Abwein to the north, west and south, and by Silwad to the south. History Pottery sherds from the Iron Age II,Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 557 Roman, Byzantine Byzantine/Umayyad, and the Crusader/Ayyubid eras have been found here. Ottoman era The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the Ottoman tax registers as ''Jinjiliyya'', being in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Quds, part of the '' liwa'' (district) of Quds. It had a population of 8 households, all Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and/ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Mazra'a Ash-Sharqiya
al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya ( ar, المزرعه الشرقيّه) is a Palestinian territories, Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northeast of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 4,495 inhabitants in 2007. Geographic location The village is one of the towns in the Ramallah and Al-Bireh area, located to the northeast of Ramallah. It sits at about 937 meters above sea level. To the north is Sinjil and Turmus Ayya, to the east is Khirbet Abu Falah and Kafr Malik, to the south is Deir Jarir, to the south and west is Silwad, and to the west is Jilijliya. History Al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya has been identified as the Crusader states, Crusader village named ''Mezera'', and the possible site of a Crusader church. In 1112, Arnulf of Chocques, Arnulf, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem granted the tithes of ''Mezera'' to the abbey of St Mary. In 1154 ' ... [...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] |
Edward Robinson (scholar)
Edward Robinson (April 10, 1794 – January 27, 1863) was an American biblical scholar known for his magnum opus, ''Biblical Researches in Palestine'', the first major work in Biblical Geography and Biblical Archaeology, which earned him the epithets "Father of Biblical Geography" and "Founder of Modern Palestinology." He studied in the United States and Germany, a center of biblical scholarship and exploration of the Bible as history. He translated scriptural works from classical languages, as well as German translations. His ''Greek and English Lexicon of the New Testament'' (1836; last revision, 1850) became a standard authority in the United States, and was reprinted several times in Great Britain. Biography Robinson was born in Southington, Connecticut, and raised on a farm. His father was a minister in the Congregational Church of the town for four decades. The younger Robinson taught at schools in East Haven and Farmington in 1810–11 to earn money for college. He atte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
