Abu Qash
Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority muni Abu Qash (Arabic: ابو قش) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, located north of Ramallah and south of the Birzeit University. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,404 in 2007.[1]
Location
Abu Qash is located 5.3 kilometers (3.3 mi) north of Ramallah. It is bordered by Surda and Jifna to the east, Bir Zeit to the north, Al-Zaytouneh and Ramallah to the west, and by Ramallah and Surda to the south.[2]
History
Two tombs, dating to the Byzantine era have been located here.[3]
Sherds from the Byzantine and Mamluk eras have been found here.[3]
Ottoman era
Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[3] In 1838 it was noted by Edward Robinson as a Muslim village, Abu Kush, in Beni Harith district, north of Jerusalem.[4]
In 1863 Victor Guérin noted it as "A hamlet of about twenty houses, situated on a high hill, the slopes of which are partly covered with vines, olive trees and fig trees."[5]
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated that the village had 25 houses and a population of 78, though the population count included men, only. It was further noted that it was located just West of Surda.[6][7]
In 1882 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Abu Kush as: "a very small hamlet, with a well on the north, on an ancient road, with a few olives near."[8]
In 1896 the population of Abu Kusch was estimated to be about 204 persons.[9]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population of Abu Qash was 171 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 246 inhabitants, in 49 houses.[11]
In the 1945 statistics Abu Qash had a population of 300 Muslims,[12] and a total land area of 4,751 dunams.[13] 1,166 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,447 were for cereals,[14] while 42 dunams were built-up areas.[15]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Abu Qash came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 510.[16]
Post-1967
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Abu Qash has been under Israeli occupation.
99.8% of Abu Qash land is defined as Area B land, while the remaining 0.2% is defined as Area C.[17]
References
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.
- ^ Abu Qash Village profile, ARIJ, p. 5
- ^ a b c Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 411
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
- ^ Guérin, 1869, p. 34
- ^ Socin, 1879, p. 149 It was noted to be in the Beni Harit district
- ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 126 also noted 25 houses
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 293
- ^ Schick, 1896, p. 123 Note that Schick mistakenly writes that it was missed in the Socin list.
- ^ Barron, 1922, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramalllah, p. 16
- ^ Mills, 1932, p.47
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 64.
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 111
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 161
- ^ Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 24
- ^ Abu Qash Village profile, ARIJ, p. 17
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. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 3. 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.
- Hartmann, M. (1883). "Die Ortschaftenliste des Liwa Jerusalem in dem türkischen Staatskalender für Syrien auf das Jahr 1288 der Flucht (1871)". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 6: 102–149.
- 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.
- Schick, C. (1896). "Zur Einwohnerzahl des Bezirks Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 19: 120–127.
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 2: 135–163.
External links
- Welcome To Abu Qashsh
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Abu Qash Village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Abu Qash Village profile, ARIJ
- Abu Qash, aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Abu Qash Village, ARIJ
