Deir Ballut

Deir Ballut
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic دير بلّوط
  Also spelled Dayr Ballout (official)
Deir al-Ballut (unofficial)
Deir Ballut

Location of Deir Ballut within the Palestinian Territories

Coordinates: 32°03′55″N 35°01′30″E / 32.06528°N 35.02500°E / 32.06528; 35.02500Coordinates: 32°03′55″N 35°01′30″E / 32.06528°N 35.02500°E / 32.06528; 35.02500
Governorate Salfit
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 3,195
Name meaning "Monastery (or Convent) of the Oak"[1]

Deir Ballut (Arabic: دير بلّوط) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 41 kilometers (25 mi) south west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,195 in 2007.[2]

History

Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi records in 1226, while Deir Ballut was under Mamluk rule, "Deir al-Ballut was a village of district around ar-Ramla."[3] In the 1882 "Survey of Western Palestine", the village was described as "a small village, partly ruinous, but evidently once a place of greater importance, with rock-cut tombs. The huts are principally of stone. The water supply is from wells."[4] To the west of the village are rock-tombs, from a Christian age.[5]

Deir Ballut was the site of minor engagement between Turkish and British troops on the March 12, 1918.

View of Deir Ballut (foreground) from Peduel

References

  1. Palmer 1881, p. 228
  2. 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 112.
  3. le Strange, 1890, p. 428.
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 284
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 313

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