Bizziriya
| Bizziriya | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بزاريا |
| • Also spelled | Bazzariya (official) |
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Bizziriya | |
  Bizziriya Location of Bizziriya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°18′27.80″N 35°09′58.49″E / 32.3077222°N 35.1662472°ECoordinates: 32°18′27.80″N 35°09′58.49″E / 32.3077222°N 35.1662472°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Hamad |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,252 |
Bizziriya or Bazzariya (Arabic: بزاريا) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 20 kilometers northwest of Nablus at the northernmost point of the Nablus Governorate. It is situated in a valley, having an altitude of 460 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bizziriya had a population of over 2,252 inhabitants in 2007.[1] In 1997, 7.3% of Bizziriya's residents were refugees. The village's prominent families are Hamad, Hassan, Awad and Salem.[2]
References
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.110.
- ↑ Families of Bazzariya Hassan, Imad.
Bibliography
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 159)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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. 129)
- 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. 181)
External links
- Welcome To Bazzariya
- SWP map 11, IAA
- SWP map 11, Wikimedia commons
- Bizzariya (areal photo) ARIJ
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