Beit Ijza
Beit Ijza | ||
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Governorate Jerusalem | | |
Government | ||
• Type | Local Development Committee | |
Elevation | 811 m (2,661 ft) | |
Population (2017)[2] | ||
• Total | 854 | |
Postcode | P115 [3] | |
Name meaning | Beit Izza, the house of Izza, from personal name [4] |
Beit Ijza (
Location
Beit Ijza is located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) north-west of Jerusalem, bordered by Al Jib to the east and Al Jib lands to the north, Beit Duqqu to the west, and Biddu to the south.[1]
History
Ottoman era
Beit Izja has its earliest mention in a record from 1538/9, where it was listed as a mazra'a (farm).
In 1738 Richard Pococke named it Beteser, seeing it "on the hill to the east of the valley".[8]
In 1838, it was described as a Muslim village, located in the Beni Malik area, west of Jerusalem.[9]
In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Beit Izza as: "a village of moderate size on a hill with a spring at some distance to the west."[10]
British Mandate era
In the
In the 1945 statistics Beit Ijza had a population of 70 Muslims,[13] with a total of 2,550 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, Arabs used 122 dunams for plantations and irrigable land, 922 for cereals,[15] while 8 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[16]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Beit Ijza came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 129 inhabitants in Beit Ijza.[17]
Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Beit Ijza has been under Israeli occupation.
Under the 1995
Shrine
Tawfiq Canaan found a Maqam (shrine) for en-nabi Yusif, on a spot which dominated Beit Ijza.[20]
References
- ^ a b Beit Ijza village profile, ARIJ, 2012, p. 4
- ^ 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.
- ^ "وزارة الاتصالات-PostalCodes". Palestine Ministry of Telecom & Information Technology. Archived from the original on 2021-03-06. Retrieved 2022-01-27.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 286
- ^ Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). 2008. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.
- ^ 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. 361
- ^ a b Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 119
- ^ Pococke, 1745, vol 2, p. 49 NB "east" is probable typo for "west"
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 16
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 15
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 38
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 56
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 101
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 151
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
- ARIJ, pp. 16-17
- ^ Hass, Amira (2019-11-05). "A Wall, Arrests and Close Surveillance: How Israel Fences in a Palestinian Family". Haaretz. Retrieved 2020-02-22.
- ^ Canaan, 1927, pp. 4, 17, 294, 295
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Canaan, T. (1927). Mohammedan Saints and Sanctuaries in Palestine. London: Luzac & Co.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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.
- Pococke, R. (1745). A description of the East, and some other countries. Vol. 2. London: Printed for the author, by W. Bowyer.
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- ISBN 978-0-521-85148-0. (p. 234)
- 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.
External links
- Welcome to Bayt Ijza
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Bayt Ijza village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Beit Ijza village profile, ARIJ
- Beit Ijza aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Beit Ijza, ARIJ
- POICA