Kharbatha al-Misbah

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Kharbatha al-Misbah
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 • Arabic خربثا المصباح
 • Also spelled Kharbatha al-Misbah (official)
Khurbetha ibn es Seba (unofficial)
Village view from the gas station on road 443
Kharbatha al-Misbah
Location of Kharbatha al-Misbah within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°53′30″N 35°04′18″E / 31.89167°N 35.07167°E / 31.89167; 35.07167Coordinates: 31°53′30″N 35°04′18″E / 31.89167°N 35.07167°E / 31.89167; 35.07167
Governorate Ramallah & al-Bireh
Government
 • Type Village Council
 • Head of Municipality Sa'di Jabir Ibrahim Daraj[2]
Area
 • Jurisdiction 4,431 dunams (4.4 km2 or 1.7 sq mi)
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 5,211
Name meaning "The Ruins of the son of the wild beast, or "of seven""[3]

Kharbatha al-Misbah (Arabic: خربثا المصباح‎, translit: "ruins of the lamp") is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) west of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,211 in 2007.[4] Nearby towns and villages include Beit Liqya to the south and Beit Ur at-Tahta to east. It has a total land area of 4,431 dunams, of which 644 are built-up areas and the remainder agricultural lands and forests.[5]

History

In the 1883 "Survey of Western Palestine", the village, then called Khurbetha ibn es Seba, was described as "a small village on a ridge, with a well to the east."[6]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kherbet al-Mesbah had a population of 369, all Muslim.[7] In the 1931 census it had increased to a population of 488, still all Muslim, in 121 inhabited houses.[8]

In 1945 the population of Khirbat el Misbah was 600, all Arabs, who owned 4,438 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[9] 1,026 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,133 used for cereals,[10] while 25 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[11]

There are two mosques in the town: Omri Mosque and al-Kawthar Mosque. The former was built atop the ruins of an ancient church and was renovated in 1965. Within the town, still lay Ancient Roman cemeteries and Jewish synagogues. It has been governed by a village council.[12]

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References

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  1. ↑ "Designating and Rearranging the Areas of Evacuation (pg 7)". 
  2. ↑ West Bank Local Elections ( Round two)- Successful candidates by local authority, gender and No. of votes obtained, Kharbatha Misbah p 22
  3. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 313
  4. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.
  5. ↑ New Colonial Road to be constructed on lands of western Ramallah Villages Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 16 January 2006.
  6. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, III, p. 15
  7. ↑ J. B. Barron, ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine. Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah. 
  8. ↑ E. Mills, ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine. p. 50. 
  9. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 65
  10. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 112
  11. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in S. Hadawi, Village Statistics, 1945. PLO Research Center, 1970, p. 162
  12. ↑ History of the Village Palestine Remembered.

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