al-Mughayyir ( ar, المُغير) is a
Palestinian
Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...
village in the West Bank, located 12 km Southeast of the city of
Jenin in the northern
West Bank
The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official
statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures ...
, the village had a population of 2,240 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.
History
In 1882, the
PEF's ''
Survey of Western Palestine
The PEF Survey of Palestine was a series of surveys carried out by the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF) between 1872 and 1877 for the Survey of Western Palestine and in 1880 for the Survey of Eastern Palestine. The survey was carried out after the ...
'' described the village as "a small place on a rocky hill top. The water supply is by means of rain water
cisterns. The houses are of stone and mud."
British Mandate era
In the
1922 census of Palestine conducted by the
British Mandate authorities, Mughair had a population 94
Muslims, increasing in the
1931 census to 156 Muslim, in a total of 31 houses.
[Mills, 1932, p]
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In the 1945 statistics the population was 220 Muslims,[Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p]
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with a total of 18,049 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 711 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 5,487 dunams were for cereals, while a total of 6 dunams were built-up, urban land.
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements
The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,[Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...](_blank)
ian rule.
In 1961, the population was 390.[Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p]
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Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War
The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 Ju ...
in 1967, Al-Mughayyir has been under Israeli occupation
Israeli-occupied territories are the lands that were captured and occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. While the term is currently applied to the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights, it has also been used to refer to a ...
.
References
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External links
Welcome To al-Mughaiyir
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 9
IAAWikimedia commons
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Villages in the West Bank
Jenin Governorate
Municipalities of the State of Palestine