Deir Ballut
Deir Ballut | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | دير بلّوط |
• Latin | Dayr Ballout (official) Deir al-Ballut (unofficial) |
Deir Ballut | |
Location of Deir Ballut within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°03′55″N 35°01′30″E / 32.06528°N 35.02500°E | |
Palestine grid | 152/163 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Salfit |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Elevation | 236 m (774 ft) |
Population (2007) | |
• Total | 3,195 |
Name meaning | "Monastery (or Convent) of the Oak"[2] |
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.[3]
Location
Deir Ballut is located 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) west of Salfit. It is bordered by Kafr ad Dik to its east, Al Lubban al Gharbi to the south, Kafr Qasem to the west, and Rafat to the north.[1]
History
Sherds from the Iron Age, Roman, Byzantine, Umayyad/Abbasid and Crusader/Ayyubid eras have been found here.[4]
The "great valley" of Wadi Deir Ballut was identified by Charles William Wilson (1836–1905) as the boundary between Judaea and Samaria, as defined by first-century historian Josephus.[5]
Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi records in 1226 that "Deir al-Ballut was a village of district around ar-Ramla."[6]
Ottoman era
In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village, Deir Balut, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus.[7]
In 1870 Victor Guérin found it to be a village of one hundred and fifty people. However, judging by the extent of the ruins that covered the hill where it stood, Guérin thought it had once been a large city. Most houses were built with large stones.[8]
In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it 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."[9] To the west of the village are rock-tombs, from a Christian age.[10]
WWI and British Mandate era
During World War I, Deir Ballut was the site of a minor engagement between Turkish and British troops on March 12, 1918.
In the 1922 census of Palestine Deir Ballut had a population of 384 inhabitants, all Muslim,[11] rising to 532 in the 1931 census, still all Muslim, in a total of 91 houses.[12]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 720, all Muslim[13] while the total land area was 14,789 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, 508 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 3,488 for cereals,[15] while 63 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas.[16]
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Deir Ballut 1943 1:20,000
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Deir Ballut 1945 1:250,000
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Deir Ballut came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population was 1,087.[17]
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Ballut has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 5.2% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 94.8% as Area C. Israel has confiscated 171 dunums of village land in for the Israeli settlements of Peduel and Alei Zahav.[18]
See also
References
- ^ a b Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ Palmer 1881, p. 228
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 112.
- ^ Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 242
- ^ Wilson, c. 1881, vol 1, p. 232, accessed 31 May 2018
- ^ Le Strange, 1890, p. 428.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 126
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 130
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 284
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 313
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 26
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 60
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 155
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 16
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Finkelstein, I.; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3.
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Guérin, V. (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Le Strange, G. (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.
- 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.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
- Wilson, C.W. (1881). Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. Vol. 1. New York: D. Appleton.
External links
- Welcome To Dayr Ballut
- Deir Ballut, IWPS
- Deir Balut, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Deir Ballut Town (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ
- Aerial photo, ARIJ
- Development Priorities and Needs in Deir Ballut, ARIJ
- New Colonial Activity in Deir Ballut Village - Salfit District, 12 March 2000, POICA
- War against trees and sheep, 10 March 2004, POICA
- Israeli brought wild pigs destroy tens of dunums in Deir Ballut plain, 30 July 2006, POICA
- Kfar Ad Dik and Deir Ballut in Salfit Governorate receive New Land confiscation Order, 10 January 2007, POICA
- Deir Ballut's fruitful olive trees cut for Wall Constructions, 3 March, 2007, POICA
- New Military Orders to Halt Construction of Seven Palestinian Houses in the Village of Deir Ballut, 1 October 2007, POICA
- The Israeli Army to demolish an under-construction school in Deir Ballut Village, 14 February 2008, POICA
- New house demolition orders in Deir Ballut village, 19 June 2008, POICA
- Palestinian homes due to be demolished over 'lack of permits' pretext in Deir Ballut Village, 22 September 2010, ARIJ