Araqah
Araqah | |
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Village council | |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,667 |
Name meaning | The cliffs[1] |
Araqah (
History
Araqah was established in the 18th century, probably by the Abd el-Hadi family or under their auscipes.[3]
Potsherds from the late
Ottoman era
Pottery remains from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[4]
In 1870,
In 1882 the
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 168 Muslims,[9] increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 219 Muslims, with 36 houses.[10]
In 1944/5 statistics the population was 350 Muslims,[11] with a total of 5,675 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[12] Of this, 462 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,191 dunams for cereals,[13] while 27 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[14]
Jordanian era
After the
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 569 inhabitants.[15]
Post-1967
Araqah has been under Israeli occupation along with the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
On 27 April 2015 an eighteen-year-old youth from the village died after being shot the previous day by Israeli soldiers.[16]
Demography
Local origins
Some of Araqah's residents have origins in the Bayt Jibrin area, while others have origins in Transjordan.[3]
See also
- Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, 2015
References
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 144
- ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). p. 64. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
- ^ a b Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 345
- ^ a b c d Zertal, 2016, p. 215
- ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 750
- ^ Guérin, 1874, p. 224
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 256.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 44
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 67
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
- ^ Palestinian Man Shot in West Bank Dies of Wounds Ha'aretz 27/4/2015
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.
- ISBN 0-860549-05-4.
- 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.
- 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.
- ISBN 978-9004312302.
External links
- Welcome To 'Araqa
- Araqa, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons