Beit Awwa

Coordinates: 31°30′31″N 34°57′01″E / 31.50861°N 34.95028°E / 31.50861; 34.95028
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Beit Awwa
Governorate
Hebron
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total470 dunams (0.5 km2 or 0.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total10,436
 • Density21,000/km2 (54,000/sq mi)
Name meaning"House of Auwa"[2]

Beit Awwa (

Dura. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Beit Awwa had a population of 10,436 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

History

In 1838, during the

el-Khulil.[3] He further remarked that the ruins "covering low hills on both sides of the path, exhibiting foundations of hewn stones, from which all that can be inferred is, that here was once an extensive town."[4]

In 1863, Victor Guérin visited Beit Awwa, which he called Khirbet Beit el-Haoua. He described finding many artificial caves, some of which were large and had shaped domes, other smaller with square ceilings. Most entries were surrounded by piles of stones from old demolished buildings.[5]

In 1875, the

Byzantine building. There is also a fine font fitted for immersion. In the centre a square basin, 2 feet 3 inches side, 7 inches deep ; four steps lead down, 5 inches high, 9 inches broad ; the whole surrounded by four segmental recesses, the external form of the font being that of a rounded cross, the longest measurement either way being 5 feet, and the total height outside 2 feet 4 inches."[6]

British Mandate era

At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine the population of Beit Awwa was counted under Dura.[7]

Beit Awwa 1933 1:20,000
Beit Awwa 1945 1:250.000

Jordanian era

In November 1948, during the

Idhna and Kh. Sikka. At Beit Awwa, the attackers were driven off.[8]
In March 1949, the
UN the villagers were eventually allowed back.[9]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Beit Awwa came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Beit Awwa was 1,368.[10]

1967, aftermath

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Beit Awwa has been under Israeli occupation.

The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 1,468.[11] After the 1967 six day war Beit Awwa was completely destroyed.[12] Moshe Dayan claimed the destruction was carried out under the orders of an officer who wished to expel the residents, Brigadier General Uzi Narkiss claimed the credit for the action.[13]

Its total land area is 470 dunams, 30% of it lands before 1948; due to the town's proximity Green Line hundreds of dunams are a part of modern-day Israel.[14]

Population

The two prominent clans of Beit 'Awwa are Masalmea and Al Swaty.[15] The Al Swaty clan relocated to the region either from ar-Ramtha, Jordan,[16][17] or, according to another account, from what is today the northern West Bank, passing through the Judean Lowlands.[18] The Masalmea family originated from Beit Jala.[18]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 388
  3. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 117
  4. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 10
  5. ^ Guérin, 1869, p. 360
  6. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III; p. 321
  7. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 29
  8. ^ Morris, 2004, p. 518
  9. ^ Morris, 2004, p. 520
  10. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22
  11. ^ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  12. Nebi Samwil
    was in fact destroyed by Israeli armed forces on March 22, 1971.
  13. ^ Segev, 2007, p. 409
  14. ^ The Town of Beit Awwa: A Brief Archived July 14, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 2008-06-01.
  15. ^ Beit 'Awwa village profile, ARIJ, 2009
  16. ^ Beit Awwa Palestine Remembered. (in Arabic)
  17. ^ Palestine Remembered English
  18. ^ a b Grossman, D. (1994). Expansion and Desertion: the Arab Village and its Offshoots in Ottoman Palestine (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi. p. 222.

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