Abasan al-Saghira
| Abasan al-Saghira | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عبسان الصغيرة |
| • Also spelled | Abasan al-Jadida (official) |
  Abasan al-Saghira Location of Abasan al-Saghira within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°20′25.85″N 34°20′40.57″E / 31.3405139°N 34.3446028°ECoordinates: 31°20′25.85″N 34°20′40.57″E / 31.3405139°N 34.3446028°E | |
| Governorate | Khan Yunis |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 5,650 |
Abasan al-Saghira (Arabic: عبسان الصغيرة) is a Palestinian agricultural town located 2km southeast of Khan Yunis in the Khan Yunis Governorate in the southern Gaza Strip. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abasan al-Saghira had a population of 5,650 Muslim inhabitants.
History
In 1886, at the end of the Ottoman era, Abasan al-Saghira consisted of about ten huts, with old building stones.[1]
British Mandate Period
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Abassan (presumably both Abasan al-Kabira and Abasan al-Saghira) had a population of 695; all Muslims,[2] increasing in the 1931 census (when they were clearly counted together) to 1144, still all Muslim, in 186 houses.[3]
In 1945 the two Abasans were still counted together, and had a population of 2,230, all Arabs, with 16,084 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[4] Of this, 92 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 15,616 used for cereals,[5] while 69 dunams were built-up land.[6]
References
- ↑ Schumacher, 1886, p. 192
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Gaza, p. 8
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 2
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 86
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 136
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Schumacher, G. (1886). "Researches in Southern Palestine". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund 18: 171–194.
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