Illar, Tulkarm
| 'Illar | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عِلار |
  'Illar Location of 'Illar within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°22′13″N 35°06′27″E / 32.37028°N 35.10750°ECoordinates: 32°22′13″N 35°06′27″E / 32.37028°N 35.10750°E | |
| Palestine grid | 160/197 |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2007[1]) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 6,190 |
| Name meaning | from personal name[2] |
'Illar (Arabic: عِلار) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 20 kilometers Northeast of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Illar had a population of approximately 6,190 inhabitants in 2007.[1] 6.6% of the population of 'Illar were refugees in 1997.[3] The healthcare facilities for the surrounding villages are based in 'Illar, the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[4]
History
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a small village on the side of a hill, with olives and wells."[5]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Allar had a population of 835, all Muslims,[6] increasing in the 1931 census to 1047 Muslims, in 268 houses.[7]
In 1945 the population of Illar was 1,450, all Muslims,[8] with 13,981 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[9] 4,432 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 5,431 used for cereals,[10] while 33 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[11]
1948-1967
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Illar came under Jordanian rule.
Post-1967
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Illar has been under Israeli occupation.
Footnotes
- 1 2 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-10. Retrieved 2010-06-16. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 182
- ↑ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 154
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p.55
- ↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 20
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 75
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 125
- ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 175
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.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To 'Illar
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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