Al-Zaitounah
| al-Zaitounah | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الزيتونة |
| • Also spelled | al-Zaytouneh[1] (official) |
  al-Zaitounah Location of al-Zaitounah within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′24.00″N 35°9′55.00″E / 31.9566667°N 35.1652778°ECoordinates: 31°57′24.00″N 35°9′55.00″E / 31.9566667°N 35.1652778°E | |
| Palestine grid | 166/152, 164/151 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdullah Ladadwa |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 15,500 dunams (15.5 km2 or 6.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 8,105 |
| Name meaning | "the Olive" |
| Website | www.alzeitona-mun.org |
Al-Zaitounah (Arabic: الزيتونة, meaning "the Olive") is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was formed in 2005 as the result of a merger of the villages of Abu Shukheidim and al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya. In 2007, al-Zaitounah had a population of 6,190, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).[1]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 293 -294)
- Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3. (p. 392)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 35)
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 112)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 239)
External links
- Official Website (Arabic)
- Official Website
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Welcome To Abu Shukheidim
- Welcome To al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya
- AL-Zaytouneh Town (Fact Sheet)
- AL-Zaytouneh Town Profile
- AL-Zaytouneh areal photo
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