Misilyah
| Misilyah | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | مسلية |
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  Misilyah Location of Misilyah within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′12.45″N 35°17′16.58″E / 32.3867917°N 35.2879389°ECoordinates: 32°23′12.45″N 35°17′16.58″E / 32.3867917°N 35.2879389°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,252 |
Misilyah (Arabic: مسلية) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 14 km South of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,252 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1] The main agricultural crops as olive oil, grapes,fig, and vegetables. Roman and Islamic ruins have been found in the village.
Footnotes
Bibliography
- 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. 156-157)
- Guérin, Victor (1874). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 344)
- 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.
- 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. 188)
- (1881): Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund Volume: 13-14
External links
- Welcome to Misilya, Palestine remembered
- SWP map 11, IAA
- SWP map 11, Wikimedia commons
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