Bruqin
Bruqin | |
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Village council | |
• Head of Municipality | Ekremah M. Samara |
Area | |
• Total | 13,237 dunams (13.2 km2 or 5.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 372 m (1,220 ft) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 4,047 |
• Density | 310/km2 (790/sq mi) |
Name meaning | Berukin[3] |
Bruqin (
Location
Bruqin is located 7.9 kilometers (4.9 mi) west of
History
Bruqin is an ancient site. Here French explorer Victor Guérin found a large number of cut stones in the walls of modern houses, and an ancient tomb near the village with two sepulchral chambers.[6]
Ottoman era
The place appeared in 1596
Bruqin appears in tax records from the years 1671 and 1832.[9]
In the
In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village, Berukin, in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.[11]
In 1870, Victor Guérin estimated that the village had 300 inhabitants.[12]
In 1870/1871 (1288
In 1882, PEF's Survey of Western Palestine, the village (called Berukin) was described as a "moderate-sized village on the end of a spur, with a steep slope to the valley beneath, in which are springs just below the houses. On the south are caves, on the north olives."[14]
British Mandate era
In the
In the 1945 statistics the population was 690, all Muslims,[17] while the total land area was 12,628 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[18] Of this, 3,175 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 2,301 for cereals,[19] while 28 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[20]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Bruqin came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 1,141.[21]
Post-1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Bruqin has been under Israeli occupation. Its villagers state that after 1987, the toxic output from Israeli industries located in settlement areas has produced chronic health problems for local Palestinians.[22]
Occupation of village lands
After the
In 2014 the Shomron Regional Council began work to develop a 25-acre farm on a hill just northwest of Bruqin, forming part of 110 acres belonging to the nearby Palestinian villages of
Economy
Around 70% of working-age males were employed in
Bruqin depends primarily on agriculture to meet its basic needs. The town's total land area is 13,237 dunams, of which 1,336 dunams is built-up area. Around 1,200 dunams are planted with orchards, especially olive, about 3,000 dunams of land is used for shepherding while approximately 8,000 dunams are used for settlement purposes, including settlements and by-pass roads.[25]
Government
Bruqin is governed by a municipal council, with elections scheduled to occur every four years.
Demography
The main families of the town are Barakat, Sabra, Samara and Khater.
A number of its inhabitants have, in more recent times, originated from Deir Ghassana.[26]
References
- ^ a b Bruqin Town Profile, ARIJ, 2013, 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.
- ^ Palmer 1881, p. 226
- ^ Bruqin Town Profile, ARIJ, 2013, p. 17
- ^ a b Bruqin Village Profile Archived 2012-02-18 at the Wayback Machine International Women's Peace Service.
- ^ Guérin, 1875, pp. 148, 153, as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 306
- ^ Finkelstein, 1997, p. 283
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 134.
- ^ 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. 354
- ^ 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: 17.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 153
- ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 252.
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 283
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 26
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 60
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 155
- ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
- ^ Eric Reidy, 'Palestinians thirst for water treatment plant,' Al Jazeera 21 December 2013.
- ARIJ, 2013, p. 17
- ^ Amira Hass, 'Israel building farm on Palestinian land,' Haaretz, 6 June 2014.
- ^ More of Bruqin's and Kafr Ad Dik's land are targeted by the Segregation Wall Archived 2007-05-28 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center (LRC). 2007-03-05
- ^ 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. 354
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 965-440-007-3.
- 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.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Buruqin/Ibruqin
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Bruqin Village Profile, iwps.info
- Bruqin Town (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Bruqin Town Profile, ARIJ
- Bruqin photo, ARIJ
- Development Priorities and Needs in Bruqin, ARIJ
- Bruchin settlement expands on lands of Bruqin village 08, October, 2011, POICA
- Torching 340 Trees in Bruqin – Salfit Governorate 14, November, 2011, POICA