Ein Siniya
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| • Arabic | عين سينيا |
| • Also spelled | 'Ayn Sinya (official) Ayn Siniya (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 31°58′21.42″N 35°13′46.50″E / 31.9726167°N 35.229583°ECoordinates: 31°58′21.42″N 35°13′46.50″E / 31.9726167°N 35.229583°E | |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
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| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Area (1945) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,404 dunams (2.4 km2 or 0.928 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 711 |
Ein Siniya (Arabic: عين سينيا, ‘Ayn Sîniyâ) is a small Palestinian village of over 700 people in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Ramallah,[1] and a mile northeast from Jifna.[2] It is situated on the mountainous spine that runs north-south across the West Bank at an elevation of 759 meters (2,490 ft) above sea level.[1]
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[edit] History
During Palestine's rule by the Ottoman Empire (16th-19th centuries), Ein Siniya was located in the sheikhdom of Bani Zeid, in the District of Jerusalem. In 1556, it was the smallest village in the sheikhdom, having under ten households.[3] The village was the property of a wealthy Arab native of Jerusalem who influenced authorities to build a carriage road next to Ein Siniya to benefit the village.[2]
Moshe Sharet, who later became Israel's second Prime Minister lived in the village in his childhood, when his family attempted to live in the area.
[edit] Demographics and land
In 1907 the population was Muslim,[2] and in 1922 numbered 114.[1] According to Sami Hadawi's 1945 land and population survey, Ein Siniya had a population of 330 inhabitants and a total land area of 2,724 dunams, most of which was Arab-owned. Its built-up area consisted of 21 dunams, while 2,404 dunams were cultivated.[4] Unlike other Arab villages in the area, Ein Siniya grew mulberry and walnut trees in abundance instead of olive or fig groves.[2]
Much of the population fled during the 1967 Six-Day War and only by 1982 did the population reach roughly what it was in 1945, 333. It grew to 482 in 1987,[1] and then 533 in the census carried out by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) a decade later. The main cause of growth of Ein Siniya which was nearly empty after the 1967 war was an influx of Palestinian refugees, who by 1997 constituted over half of the population (52.3%).[5] According to the PCBS, Ein Siniya had a population of 702 in 2004, rising to 753 in mid-year 2006.[6] In the 2007 PCBS census, there were 711 people living in the town.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Welcome to 'Ayn Siniya Palestine Remembered.
- ^ a b c d Grant, 1907, p.223.
- ^ Singer, 1994, p.77.
- ^ Hadawi, 1970, p.64.
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.
[edit] Bibliography
- Hadawi, Sami (1970), Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine, Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html
- Singer, Amy (1994), Palestinian Peasants and Ottoman Officials: Rural Administration Around Sixteenth-Century Jerusalem, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-47679-8, http://books.google.com/?id=mrsAw_mk1d0C&pg=PA76&dq=Bani+Zayd+Ottoman
- Grant, Elihu (1907), The Peasantry of Palestine, Cambridge University Press, http://books.google.com/?id=tqncWjh5pZgC&pg=PA223&dq=Ayn+Sinya
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