| Tayasir | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | تياسير |
| • Also spelled | Tiaseer (official) |
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| Governorate | Tubas |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council (from 1998) |
| • Head of Municipality | Akram Abd al-Aziz Debs |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 26,000 dunams (26.0 km2 / 10 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,400 |
Tayasir (Arabic: تياسير) is a Palestinian town in the Tubas Governorate in the northern West Bank. The town is located 22 kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Tayasir had a population of 2,400 inhabitants.[1] It consists of 281 dunams. Tayasir was declared a municipality of 1998.[2]
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Tayasir's history is believed to date back to the Canaanite era of Palestine, deriving from the Canaanite word Asheer meaning pleasure or happiness. In the site lay several archaeological remains including an Ancient Roman palace, an olive press, several grottoes and the old mosque.[3]
In 1500 CE, two Arab families from as-Salt in Jordan, Jabir and Taleb settled in the site and established the village, due to its strategic location and isolated arable land. In 1900, a landlord Hassan Hamad, received the most of Tayasir's land due to the village's residents' monetary debt to him. Thirty years later, most of the land was purchased by al-Batriyarkia al-Latinyah (Latin Patriarchate). Israel attempted to buy the land from him in 1967, but was refused.[3]
According to a census taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, Tayasir had a population of 187 in 1931. In Sami Hadawi's land and population survey in 1945, Tayasir's population was 260 and this figure nearly doubled in 1961, reaching 487. The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, projected a population of 1,200 in 1987.[4] In the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics' (PCBS) first official census in 1997, Tayasir had a population of 1,753 inhabitants.[3] According to the PCBS's latest projection, the village's population was 2,397 — an increase of 32.4% in nine years.[1]
In the 1997 census, males constituted 50.6% of the population while females comprised 49.4%. Tayasir represents 5% of the Tubas Governorate's total population. Seven families make-up the majority of the village residents: Debik (17%), Abu Muhsen (15%), Wahdan (15%), Sbah (15%), Jabir (11%), Taleb (8%) and Abd al-Rasaq (7%). Other smaller families comprise 14% of the population.[3]
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