Duma, Nablus
| Duma | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دوما |
| • Also spelled | Doma (official) |
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Duma | |
  Duma Location of Duma within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°03′27″N 35°22′02″E / 32.05750°N 35.36722°ECoordinates: 32°03′27″N 35°22′02″E / 32.05750°N 35.36722°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Abd al-Salaam Dawabsha |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 17,351 dunams (17.4 km2 or 6.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,220 |
Duma (Arabic: دوما) is Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 25 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,220 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1] Duma's total land area consists of 17,351 dunams, about 200 of which are designated as built-up area.[2]
Prior to the Six-Day War in 1967, nearly all of Duma's working male residents were farmers. Since then the number of farmers has been reduced since many residents have found work in construction in Israel or work in small businesses in the town.[3] However, Duma's residents still mostly rely on irrigated crops, fruit orchards, olive groves and livestock for food.[2][3] Water is provided to Duma by four springs: Fasayel to the west, Ein Duma and Rashash to the south and Umm Amir to the east. Fasayel, the largest spring is also used by Israeli authorities to distribute water to nearby Israeli settlements.[2]
Duma has three schools for girls and boys and the town established a Mayo Clinic in 2002 with the help of the Palestinian Ministry of Health.
References
- ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 New Israeli Demolition Warnings to Palestinian Houses in Doma Village Land Research Center. 10 May 2008.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Olive Harvest: Duma TriptoPalestine. 30 November 2004.
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. (pp. 386, 390)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 851)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (pp. 14-15)
- 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. 133)
- 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. 253)
External links
- Welcome To Duma
- SWP map 15, IAA
- SWP map 15, Wikimedia commons
- Duma, areal photo, ARIJ
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