Qaytiyya
Qaytiyya
Qeitiya[1] | ||
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Village | ||
| Etymology: El Keitîyeh, el Keitîyeh, from personal name[2] | ||
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Geopolitical entity Mandatory Palestine | | |
| Subdistrict | Safad | |
| Date of depopulation | May 19, 1948/June 1948[1] | |
| Population (1945) | ||
| • Total | 940[3][4] | |
| Cause(s) of depopulation | Whispering campaign | |
| Secondary cause | Expulsion by Yishuv forces | |
| Current Localities | Kfar Blum,[5] possibly Beit Hillel[5] | |
Qaytiyya was a
History
In 1881, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described El Keitîyeh, while under Ottoman rule, as a village of 80 Muslims built of adobe and surrounded by streams: occupied during spring and harvest.[6] bordering both the Hasibani and the Dan Rivers.
British Mandate era
In the 1931 census of Palestine, under of the British Mandate in Palestine, Qeitiya had a population of 824 Muslims, in a total of 163 houses.[7]
In the 1945 statistics, Qeitiya had a population of 940 Muslims,[3] and the total land area was 5,390 dunums.[4] Of this, 19 dunums were for citrus and bananas, 4,465 for plantations and irrigable land, 44 for cereals,[8] while 93 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[9]
1992, aftermath
In 1992 the village site was described: "Only a few stones from the old village are still visible. The surrounding land is cultivated, except for a small section that contains stone rubble and is overgrown with thorny plants and eucalyptus trees."[5]
References
- ^ a b Morris, 2004, p. xvi, village #12. Also gives causes of depopulation.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 23
- ^ a b Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 10
- ^ a b Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 71
- ^ a b c Khalidi, 1992, p. 486
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP I, p. 88
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 109
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 120
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 170
Bibliography
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 1. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- ISBN 0-88728-224-5.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
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- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Qaytiyya
- Qaytiyya, Zochrot
- Qaytiyya, dr Ritz
- Survey of Western Palestine, map 2: IAA, Wikimedia commons
