Ajjul
Ajjul | |
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Village council | |
• Head of Municipality | Moussa Moussa |
Area | |
• Total | 6,640 dunams (6.6 km2 or 2.5 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,402 |
• Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "Calves"[2] |
Ajjul (
Location
Ajjul is located 13.4 kilometers (8.3 mi) (horizontally) north of
History
Ajjul is a village on an ancient site.
Crusader/Ayyubid period
In the 12th and 13th centuries, during the
Röhricht (1842–1905 suggested that Ajjul was the Crusader place called Gul;[11] however, Conder (1848–1910) disagreed.[12]
Ottoman period
The village was incorporated into the
In the 17th century, the village received an influx of refugees from Beit Qufa near Lydda, who had to abandon their home due to unsettled conditions.[14]
In 1838 Ajjul was noted as a Muslim village in the
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Ajjul as a "village of moderate size, with a well. It is on high ground, with olives round it, and ancient tombs. An ancient road leads towards it on the south."[19] In 1896 the population of Ajjul was estimated to be about 468 persons.[20]
British Mandate
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ajjul had a population of 202, all Muslim.[21] By the time of the 1931 census, Ajjul had 79 occupied houses and a population of 292, still all Muslim.[22]
In the 1945 statistics, the population was 350 Muslims,[23] and the total land area was 6,639 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[24] Of this, 3,507 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 863 for cereals,[25] while 14 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[26]
Jordanian period
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ajjul came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 600 inhabitants here.[27]
Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ajjul has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 48.3% of Ajjul land is defined as Area A land, 27.2% is Area B, while the remaining 24.5% is defined as Area C. Israel has confiscated 363 dunams of village land in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Ateret.[28]
Demographics
According to the
Infrastructure
Ajjul contains a clinic that is primarily involved in blood testing. Most of the residents receive medical help from the
Two mosques are located in Ajjul: a modern one and an older renovated one.[3]
There is a mixed-gender secondary school in the village, in which 400 students are enrolled. Students attend science and literature classes at the Prince Hassan School in
References
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 224
- ^ a b c Ajjul Village Ajjul Village Council. (Translated from Arabic)
- ^ Village Council MembersAjjul Village Council. (Translated from Arabic)
- ^ 'Ajjul Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 415
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 824
- ^ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 244
- ^ Sharon, 1997, p 17 ff
- ^ Fig 8
- ^ Röhricht, 1887, p. 223, cited in Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 415
- ^ Conder, 1890, p. 34 suggested Qula as the place for Gul.
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 117.
- ^ Marom, Roy (2022-11-01). "Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE". Lod, Lydda, Diospolis. 1: 14.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 125
- ^ Guérin, 1875, pp. 169-170
- ^ Socin, 1879, p. 142 Also noted it to be in the Beni Zeid region
- ^ Hartmann, 1883, pp. 111, 114 also noted 79 houses
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 289
- ^ Schick, 1896, p. 124
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, 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
- ^ 'Ajjul Village Profile, ARIJ, pp. 16-17
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
- ^ Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years Archived 2008-11-19 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.
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.
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- 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 Centre. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2012-11-26.
- 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.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- 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.
- Röhricht, R. (1887). "Studien zur mittelalterlichen Geographie und Topographie Syriens". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 10: 195–344.
- Schick, C. (1896). "Zur Einwohnerzahl des Bezirks Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 19: 120–127.
- ISBN 90-04-10833-5.
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 2: 135–163.
External links
- Welcome To 'Ajjul
- Ajjul, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Testimony: Three Palestinians beaten at flying checkpoint 31 May 2007 B'Tselem
- 'Ajjul Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- 'Ajjul Village Profile, ARIJ
- 'Ajjul aerial photo, ARIJ