Ammuriya (, also spelled Amuria) is a

Palestinian Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine. *: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...

village in the

Nablus Governorate The Nablus Governorate () is an administrative district of Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the ''muhfaza'' (seat) of the go ...

of the

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in the northern

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, located south of

Nablus Nablus ( ; , ) is a State of Palestine, Palestinian city in the West Bank, located approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 156,906. Located between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a ...

. According to the

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ) is the official statistical institution of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures at the national and international levels. It is a state institution that provid ...

(PCBS) census, Ammuriya had a population of 371 in 2017. There were 48 households and five business establishments in the village.2007 PCBS Census

. p. 110. In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with

al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya () is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, 20 kilometers south of Nablus, in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. The town has a total land area of 12,075 dunams of which 200 dunams is built-up area. ...

into a single municipality called after the latter town.Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality)
ARIJ, p. 5

Location

Nearby localities include

Iskaka Iskaka () is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 27 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 1,198 in 2017. Lo ...

to the north,

to the east,

Abwein Abwein () is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, located about 37 kilometers north of Ramallah, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abwein's ...

to the south,

Arura Arura () is a Homeric Greek word with original meaning "arable land", derived from the verb ἀρόω (''aroō''), "plough". The word was also used generally for earth, land and father-land and in plural to describe corn-lands and fields. The term ' ...

and Mazari an-Nubani to the southwest and

Salfit Salfit () is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Salfit Governorate. It is located adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Salfit had a populati ...

to the northwest.

History

Pottery

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s from

Iron Age II The Iron Age () is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age. It has also been considered as the final age of the three-age division starting with prehistory (before recorded history) and progre ...

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Ayyubid The Ayyubid dynasty (), also known as the Ayyubid Sultanate, was the founding dynasty of the medieval Sultan of Egypt, Sultanate of Egypt established by Saladin in 1171, following his abolition of the Fatimid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate of Egyp ...

and

Mamluk Mamluk or Mamaluk (; (singular), , ''mamālīk'' (plural); translated as "one who is owned", meaning "slave") were non-Arab, ethnically diverse (mostly Turkic, Caucasian, Eastern and Southeastern European) enslaved mercenaries, slave-so ...

eras have been found here. A burial cave dating back to the Roman period was found here.

Ottoman era

In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "ʽAmmuriya", a village in the ''

nahiya A nāḥiyah ( , plural ''nawāḥī'' ), also nahiyeh, nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns. In Tajikistan, it is a second-level divisi ...

'' of Jabal Qubal in the

Nablus Sanjak The Nablus Sanjak (; ) was an administrative area that existed throughout Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule in the Ottoman Syria, Levant (1517–1917). It was administratively part of the Damascus Eyalet until 1864 when it became part of Syria Vilayet ...

. It had a population of 7 households and 1 bachelor, all

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. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, and a press for olive oils or grapes; a total of 2,000

akçe The ''akçe'' or ''akça'' (anglicized as ''akche'', ''akcheh'' or ''aqcha''; ; , , in Europe known as '' asper'') was a silver coin mainly known for being the chief monetary unit of the Ottoman Empire. It was also used in other states includi ...

. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the village formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn. Situated between Dayr Ghassāna in the south and the present Route 5 in the north, and between Majdal Yābā in the west and Jammā‘īn, Mardā and Kifl Ḥāris in the east, this area served, according to historian

Roy Marom Roy Marom (, ) is an Israeli historian and historical geographer. Marom is the curator of the Palestinian Rural History Project, which specializes in the history of the Palestinian countryside during the Ottoman and British Mandate periods. ...

, "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the

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and the

regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the

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tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman authorities." In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village in the ''Jurat Merda'' district, south of Nablus. In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the ''

'' (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus. 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 completed Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) and in 1880 for the soon abandoned Survey of Eastern Palestine. The ...

'' (SWP) described it as "A small village on high ground".

British Mandate era

In the

1922 census of Palestine The 1922 census of Palestine was the first census carried out by the authorities of the British Mandate of Palestine, on 23 October 1922. The reported population was 757,182, including the military and persons of foreign nationality. The divis ...

, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population was 69, all Muslim,Ammuriya Profile

Jerusalem Media and Communications Center The Jerusalem Media & Communication Centre (JMCC; ) is a Palestinian non-governmental organization based in East Jerusalem, which provides information about events in Gaza and the West Bank including East Jerusalem to journalists, researchers an ...

(JMCC). 2007-02-09. increasing in the 1931 census 85 Muslims in 19 houses. In the 1945 statistics the population was 120, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p
18
/ref> with 3,112

dunam A dunam ( Ottoman Turkish, Arabic: ; ; ; ), also known as a donum or dunum and as the old, Turkish, or Ottoman stremma, was the Ottoman unit of area analogous in role (but not equal) to the Greek stremma or English acre, representing the amo ...

s of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,753 dunams were used for cereals, while 6 dunams were built-up land.

Jordanian era

In the wake of the

1948 Arab–Israeli War The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the First Arab–Israeli War, followed the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine, civil war in Mandatory Palestine as the second and final stage of the 1948 Palestine war. The civil war becam ...

, and after the

1949 Armistice Agreements The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt,Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 157 inhabitants.

1967, and aftermath

In 1967 the village came under

Israeli occupation Israel has occupied the Golan Heights of Syria and the Palestinian territories since the Six-Day War of 1967. It has previously occupied the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt and southern Lebanon as well. Prior to 1967, control of the Palestinian terr ...

after the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 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, Syria, and Jordan from 5 to 10June ...

, and the same year the population was found to be 130. In 1997, it was described as "a very small village surrounded by orchards". In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with

in a single municipality called after the latter town.

Demography

The people of Ammuriya have their origins in the area of

.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 357

References

Bibliography

* * * * * * * * * *Perlmann, Joel:
The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version
'. Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y.: Levy Economics Institute of Bard College. November 2011 – February 2012. IDF'', Vols. 1–5 (1967–70), and ''Census of Population and Housing: East Jerusalem, Parts 1 and 2'' (1968–70).">Israel Defense Forces">IDF'', Vols. 1–5 (1967–70), and ''Census of Population and Housing: East Jerusalem, Parts 1 and 2'' (1968–70).*

External links

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* Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14
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Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality)

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