Deir Ballut
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| Deir Ballut | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير بلّوط |
| • Also spelled | Dayr Ballout (official) Deir al-Ballut (unofficial) |
 Deir Ballut
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| Coordinates: 32°03′55.51″N 35°01′30.01″E / 32.0654194°N 35.0250028°ECoordinates: 32°03′55.51″N 35°01′30.01″E / 32.0654194°N 35.0250028°E | |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village Council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,700 |
| Name meaning | "Monastery (or Convent) of the Oak" |
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 approximately 3,700 in mid-year 2006.[1]
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."[2] Deir Ballut was the site of minor engagement between Turkish and British troops on the March 12, 1918.
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- le Strange, Guy (1890), Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500, Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, http://books.google.com/?id=ENANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA493&dq=Lajjun+Guy+le+Strange
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