Al-Fatur

Coordinates: 32°23′55″N 35°31′36″E / 32.39861°N 35.52667°E / 32.39861; 35.52667
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Al-Fatur
الفاتور
Etymology: El Fâtûr, the fissures, rocks and a spring[1]
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Baysan
Area
[2]
 • Total
729 dunams (72.9 ha or 180 acres)
Population
 (1945)[3][2]
 • Total
110

Al-Fatur was a

Baysan
. The village was attacked by the Israel Defense Forces as part of Operation Gideon.

History

In 1881 E.H. Palmer reported "rocks and a spring" at El Fâtûr.[1]

British Mandate of Palestine ers

In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the Mandatory Palestine authorities, Arab el-Fatur had a population of 66, all Muslims, in 16 houses.[4]

In the 1945 statistics, the population was 110 Muslims,[3] with a total of 729 dunams of land.[2] Of this, 709 dunams were for cereals,[5] while 20 were non-cultivable land.[6]

Mechola (198/196), founded in 1968, is some 5 km southwest of the site of Al-Fatur, and uses some of its lands.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p. 199
  2. ^ a b c Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 43
  3. ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 6
  4. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 78
  5. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 84
  6. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 134
  7. ^ Khalidi, 1992, p. 48

Bibliography

  • Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
  • Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2009-08-18.
  • ISBN 0-88728-224-5
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  • 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.
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