Qarawat Bani Hassan
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| Qarawat Bani Hassan | |
| Arabic | قرواة بني حسن |
| Founded in | 1948 |
| Government | Village Council |
| Also Spelled | Qarawet Bani Hassan (officially)
Qarawat Bani Hasan (unofficially) |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Population | 3,700 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction | 9,684 dunams (9.7 km²) |
| Head of Municipality | 'Abd al-Majid Mari[1] |
Qarawat Bani Hassan (Arabic: قرواة بني حسن) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate, located thirty kilometers southwest of Nablus and seven kilometers northwest of Salfit in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 3,700 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2]
It's total land area is 9,684 dunams, of which 507 dunams is built-up area. Since the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, 10.7% of its municipal jurisdiction is under the civil administration of the Palestinian National Authority and the security of Israel, while 89.2% is under complete Israeli control.[3]
[edit] History
Qarawat Bani Hassan contains the remains of an old Roman castle and Roman and Byzantium tombs. Amr ibn al-A'as, a prominent Arab commander of the Rashidun army, was said to have been injured in the village. According to local tradition, a tree was planted on the spot where his blood was spilled. The story was written up in the village history in the year 1919.[4]
Qarawat Bani Hassan was founded in 1948, after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Initially, at the beginning of the conflict, some residents of the Arab town of Kafr Bara fled to the farther part of Kafr Bara's land. There they established a new town.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Municipalities Nablus Municipality
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Salfit District by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ New House Demolitions Threats in Qarawat Bani Hassan village Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2007-08-05.
- ^ Qarawat Bani Hassan Village Profile International Women's Peace Service.
- ^ Qarawet Bani Hassan Land Research Center. 2007-08-26.
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