Iktaba

Coordinates: 32°19′31″N 35°03′11″E / 32.32528°N 35.05306°E / 32.32528; 35.05306
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Iktaba
Village council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,997
Name meaningInscription[2]

Iktaba (

Refugees make-up 33% of the entire population in 1997.[4]

History

In 1265, after the

Baibars granted his followers. The village was given to the emir Alam al-Din Tardaj al-Amadi.[5]

Ottoman era

Iktaba was incorporated into the

Muslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grapes; a total of 4,100 akçe.[6]

In 1870, the French explorer Victor Guérin noted that village, which he called Astaba, was a "Small hamlet located on a high hill. Ancient cisterns testify to the existence here of an ancient locality. Fig trees and pomegranates grow around the dwellings."[7]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as: "A place to which a certan effendi of Nablus comes down in spring, a sort of 'Azbeh or spring grazing-place for horses"[8]

British Mandate era

In the

Nur ash Shams was 2498; 2,457 Muslims, 34 Christians and 1 Druze living in 502 houses.[10]

In the 1945 statistics, the combined population of Anabta and Iktaba was 3,120; 3,080 Muslims and 40 Christians,[11] with a total of 15,445 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[12] Of this, a total of 5,908 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 5,842 were used for cereals,[13] while 84 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[14]

  • Iktaba 1942 1:20,000
    Iktaba 1942 1:20,000
  • Iktaba 1945 1:250,000
    Iktaba 1945 1:250,000

Jordanian era

After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Iktaba came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 372.[15]

Post-1967

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

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. 182
  3. ^ 2007 PCBS census Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 108.
  4. ^ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  5. ^ Ibn al-Furat, 1971, pp. 81, 210, 249 (map)
  6. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 137
  7. ^ Guérin, 1875, p.354
  8. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p.185
  9. ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Tulkarem, p. 27
  10. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 53
  11. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 20
  12. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 74
  13. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 124
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 174
  15. ^ Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27

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