Shuyukh al-Arrub ( ar, شيوخ العروب) is a Palestinian village located eleven kilometers north-east of Hebron. The village is in the

Hebron Governorate The Hebron Governorate ( ar, محافظة الخليل, Muḥāfaẓat al-Ḫalīl) is an administrative district of Palestine in the southern West Bank. The governorate's land area is and its population according to the Palestinian Central Bur ...

Southern West Bank. 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 a ...

, the village had a population of 1,550 inhabitants in 2007.2007 PCBS Census

. p.118. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.

Location

Shuyukh al-Arrub is located 11 km north of Hebron City. It is bordered by ''Kuziba'' and ''Irqan Turad'' to the east, Beit Fajjar to the north, Halhul and Sa'ir to the south and Al 'Arrub Camp to the west.

History

Roman period

See

Solomon's Pools Solomon's Pools ( ar, برك سليمان, ''Burak Suleīmān'', Solomon's Pools, or in short ''el-Burak'', the pools; he, בריכות שלמה, ''Breichot Shlomo'') are three ancient reservoirs located in the south-central West Bank, immediate ...

for the long el-Arrub aqueduct built by the Roman prefect Pontius Pilate.

Mamluk period

In AH 892 (1487 CE), Qansuh Al Yahyawi, the Mamluk viceroy of

Damascus )), is an adjective which means "spacious". , motto = , image_flag = Flag of Damascus.svg , image_seal = Emblem of Damascus.svg , seal_type = Seal , map_caption = , ...

, renewed the water supply from Ain al-Arrub (Arrub Spring).

Late Ottoman period

In the 1850s, people from Ash Shuyukh settled the area. In 1883, the PEF's '' Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described ''Birket el 'Arrub'' as: "one of the main reservoirs supplying the aqueduct to Jerusalem. There are two channels, one from ''Birket Kufin'', one from Ain Kueiziba'', which join ere"

Jordanian period

In the wake of the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 (or First) Arab–Israeli War was the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. It formally began following the end of the British Mandate for Palestine at midnight on 14 May 1948; the Israeli Declaration of Independence had ...

, and after the

1949 Armistice Agreements The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,Jordanian rule The Jordanian annexation of the West Bank formally occurred on 24 April 1950, after the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, during which Transjordan occupied territory that had previously been part of Mandatory PalestineRaphael Israeli, Jerusalem divi ...

. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 242 inhabitants in ''Shuyukh Arrub''.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p
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1967 and aftermath

Since the 1967

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 world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

, Shuyukh al-Arrub 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

Bibliography

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External links

*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21:
IAAWikimedia commonsShuyukh Al 'Arrub village (fact sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Shuyukh Al 'Arrub village profile
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Shuyukh Al 'Arrub village aerial photo
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The priorities and needs for development in Shuyukh al 'Arrub based on the community and local authorities' assessment
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