Ammuriya, Nablus

This article is about the village in the West Bank. For the town in Jordan, see Ammuriya, Jordan.
'Ammuriya
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic ﺔﻴﻭﺭﻤﻋ
  Also spelled 'Amuria (official)
'Amuriya (unofficial)
'Ammuriya

Location of 'Ammuriya within Palestine

Coordinates: 32°4′1″N 35°12′53″E / 32.06694°N 35.21472°ECoordinates: 32°4′1″N 35°12′53″E / 32.06694°N 35.21472°E
Palestine grid 169/163
Governorate Nablus
Government
  Type Local Development Committee
  Head of Municipality Sulaiman Hakawati[1]
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 302

'Ammuriya (Arabic: ﺔﻴﻭﺭﻤﻋ, also spelled 'Amuria)[2] is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. Nearby localities include Iskaka to the north, al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the east, Abwein to the south, 'Arura and Mazari an-Nubani to the southwest and Salfit to the northwest. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, 'Ammuriya had a population of 302 in 2007. There were 48 households and five business establishments in the village.[3]

History

In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "′Ammuriya", a village in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 7 households and 1 bachelor, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, and a press for olive oils or grapes.[4] In 1882, it was described as "A small village on high ground".[5]

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population was 69, all Muslim,[6][1] while at the time of the 1931 census, Ammuriya had 19 occupied houses and a population of 85, all Muslim.[7] In 1945 the population was 120 with 3111 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[8] Of this, 1753 dunams were used for cereals,[9] while 6 dunams were built-up land.[10]

In 1967 the village came under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War, and the same year the population was found to be 130.[11]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ammuriya Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC). 2007-02-09.
  2. From Amorites, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 225
  3. 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.
  4. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 136.
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 283
  6. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
  7. Mills, 1932, p. 59
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 155
  11. Perlmann, Vol 1, Tab 2: 'Ammuriya

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