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Qabatiya

Qabatiya(Arabic:قباطية,also spelledQabatia,Qabatya,andKabatiya) is a city inJenin Governorate,West Bank,Palestine.According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007 and 24,439 by 2017.[1][3]

Qabatiya
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
•Arabicقباطية
Qabatiya general view (Eastern field)
Qabatiya general view (Eastern field)
Qabatiya is located in State of Palestine
Qabatiya
Qabatiya
Location of Qabatiya withinPalestine
Coordinates:32°24′35″N35°16′51″E/ 32.40972°N 35.28083°E/32.40972; 35.28083
Palestine grid176/201
StateState of Palestine(occupied byIsrael)
GovernorateJenin
Government
• TypeMunicipality
• Head of MunicipalityMr. Mahmoud Kameel
Area
• Total50,547dunams(50.55 km2or 19.52 sq mi)
Population
(2017)[1]
• Total24,439
• Density480/km2(1,300/sq mi)
Name meaning“The Copts´place”[2]

Its entire land area is 50,547 dunams (50.5 km2; 19.5 sq mi), and its elevation is roughly 256 meters (840 feet).[4]Qabatiya is famous for itsolive groves,modern agriculture, andlimestoneindustry.

History

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Sherdshave been found here fromPersian,Hellenistic,early and lateRoman,Byzantine,early Muslim andMedievaleras.[5]A Muslim traveller in the 12th century CE indicated it as "a village in the district of Jenin".[6]

Ottoman era

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Qabatiya, like all ofPalestinewas incorporated into theOttoman Empirein 1517. In the 1596tax registers,it was part of thenahiya( "subdistrict" ) of Jabal Sami, part of the largerSanjak of Nablus.It had a population of 89 households and 18 bachelors, allMuslims.The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 14,920akçe.Half of the revenues went to theTarabayBeyofLajjun.[7]In 1105 AH (1693 CE)Abd al-Ghani al-Nabulsimentioned a village on the road from Nablus to Jenin.[5]

in 1838Edward Robinsonfound it to be a very large village, surrounded by very extensive and beautiful olive groves,[8]while in 1850, it was described as surrounded by gardens, built on the side of a wooden hill, covered with olive trees.[9]

In 1870Victor Guérinfound gardens around Koubatieh planted with fig, olive and pomegranate trees, with vegetables underneath. It was a large village, divided into several areas under the jurisdiction of many different sheikhs.[10]He further noted that “Kubataieh stands upon a rocky hill, whose sides are pierced by numerouscisternsof ancient origin, some of which are partly filled up and in bad repair; others are still used by the people. The latter are closed at the mouth by great round stones in form of a mill-stone, pierced in the centre. This second opening is itself closed by another stone, which is taken away when the water is drawn. This system of closedwellsand cisterns by means of a stone is of extreme antiquity. It is found in many parts of Palestine, and was in use before theHebrewconquest.”[11]

In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestinedescribed it as a “large stone village on a slope, east of a small plain which is full of olives. It has a sacred place on the south (Sheikh Theljy), and a good orange garden near the village.”[12]

British Mandate era

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In the1922 census of Palestine,conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities,Qabatiya had 1,803 inhabitants; 1,799 Muslims and 4 Christians,[13]where the Christians were all Orthodox.[14]This increased to 2,447 in the1931 census;2 Christians and the rest Muslims, in a total of 551 houses.[15]

In the1945 statisticsthe population of Qabatiya, together with Kh. Tannin, was 3,670, all Muslims,[16]with 50,547dunamsof land, according to an official land and population survey.[17]9,542 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 21,464 dunams for cereals,[18]while 113 dunams were built-up (urban) land and 19,428 sunams were classified as "non-cultivable".[19]

Jordanian era

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In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War,and after the1949 Armistice Agreements,the Jenin-area came underJordanian rule,together with the rest of theWest Bank.[20]

In 1961, the population of Qabatiya was 5,917.[21]

Post-1967

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Since theSix-Day Warin 1967, Qabatiya has been underIsraeli occupation.[22][23]

AfterOslo IIin 1995, Qabatiya came underPalestinian Authority(PA) administration, in what is now known asAreas A and B.[24]

Approximately ten Palestinians were killed between October 2015 and July 2016 while carrying out attacks against Israelis. In July 2016, clashes between Palestinians and Israeli armed forces occurred during ahouse demolition by Israelof a man accused of being involved in an attack in Jerusalem. The Israeli military reported that the military convoy that carried out the demolition was met byMolotov cocktailsand fire from improvised guns. Palestinian officials reported six Palestinians wounded in the exchange, with the Israeli military confirming three Palestinians hit. Israel calls the demolition of homes of attackers as a deterrent to violence, while human rights groups and Palestinians condemn it as a form ofcollective punishment.[25]

In 2023, the city was stormed.

  • Khaled Ibn Al-Waleed Mosque in 2019
  • Salah Al Din in mosque (2019)

References

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  1. ^abPreliminary 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.Retrieved24 October2023.
  2. ^Palmer, 1881, p.187
  3. ^2007 Locality Population Statistics.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. ^Qabatiya – قباطية
  5. ^abZertal, 2004, pp.177-178
  6. ^Khaldi, 1935, p. 129; cited in Zertal, 2004, p.177
  7. ^Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 127
  8. ^Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p.154
  9. ^de Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p.86
  10. ^Guérin, 1874, pp.343-4
  11. ^Guérin, 1874, pp.343-4; as translated by Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p.156
  12. ^Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p.156
  13. ^Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p.29
  14. ^Barron, 1923, Table XV, p.47
  15. ^Mills, 1932, p.71
  16. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.16
  17. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.55
  18. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.99
  19. ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.149
  20. ^Bornstein, 2002, p.48
  21. ^Government of Jordan, 1964, p.13
  22. ^Palestinians struggle to recover from Qabatiya blockade,22 February 2016
  23. ^Morris, 2011, p.x
  24. ^1995Oslo Interim Agreement.Text of the Accord
  25. ^"Clashes as Israel destroys Palestinian home over deadly attack".AFP News Agency. 18 July 2016.Retrieved18 July2016.

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