Ya'bad
Ya'bad | ||
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Governorate Jenin | | |
Government | ||
• Type | Municipality | |
• Head of Municipality | Samer Abu Baker | |
Area | ||
• Total | 21,622 dunams (21.6 km2 or 8.3 sq mi) | |
Population (2017)[1] | ||
• Total | 16,012 | |
• Density | 740/km2 (1,900/sq mi) | |
Name meaning | Yabid, p.n.[2] |
Ya'bad (
History
Pottery
Ottoman era
In 1596 Ya'bad appeared in the
In the 17th-18th centuries, Ya'bad was well known for producing the best cheese in
In 1870
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Yabid had a population of 1,733, all Muslims,[13] increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 2,383, still all Muslim, in 418 occupied houses.[14]
In 1935 the prominent Arab resistance leader Izz ad-Din al-Qassam and a few of his men were killed in a cave near Ya'bad during a firefight with the British.[15]
In the
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ya’bad came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 4,709 inhabitants in Ya'bad.[20]
Post-1967
Since the 1967 Six-Day War, Ya'bad has been under Israeli occupation. The population of Ya'bad in the 1967 census conducted by Israel was 4,857, of whom 581 originated from the Israeli territory.[21]
In May 1985 five village women set up a Women's Work Committee which opened a kindergarten for 60 children and started a sewing course with 32 young women.[22]
A major charcoal mine is located near Ya'bad and most of its workers come from the town.
Demography
Residents of Ya'bad originated from various locations, such as Egypt, Iraq, the area of Jerusalem, and neighboring villages.[24]
See also
References
- ^ 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. 156
- ^ 2007 Locality Population Statistics. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
- ^ Yabad municipality inaugurates new town hall
- ^ Israeli Settlers Attack Taxi Driver, Shut Down Main Road near Jenin, December 31, 2015 (WAFA)
- ^ Zertal, 2004, p. 109
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 128
- ^ Cited in Zertal, 2004, p. 108
- ^ Doumani, Beshara. (1995). The Hinterland of Nablus
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2nd appendix, p. 129
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 223
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 47
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 71
- ^ Segev, 2013, pp. 360 -362
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 17
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 100
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 150
- ^ Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 13
- ^ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- Joost R. Hiltermannp. 16
- ^ a b Palestinians struggle in dire straits Martin Asser BBC News
- ^ 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. 349
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.
- Doumani, B. (1995). Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus. University of California Press.
- 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.
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External links
- Welcome To Ya'bad
- Yabad, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- The Israeli Checkpoints in the Northern Districts of the West Bank 24, August, 2003, POICA
- Hundreds of dunums confiscated for bypass road construction 07, May, 2007, POICA
- Confiscating a Truck in Ya'bad Village - Jenin Governorate 06, November, 2011, POICA