Nazlat 'Isa
Nazlat 'Isa | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| •Arabic | نزلة عيسى |
  Nazlat 'Isa Location of Nazlat 'Isa withinPalestine | |
| Coordinates:32°24′58″N35°03′20″E/ 32.41611°N 35.05556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 155/202 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,302 |
| Name meaning | Nuzlet el Masfy:The place of alighting of the side road[2] |
Nazlat 'Isa(Arabic:نزلة عيسى) is aPalestinianvillage in theTulkarm Governoratein the westernWest Bank,located 17 kilometres (11 mi) North ofTulkarm.
History
[edit]Ceramics from theByzantineera have been found here, as havecisternsand tombs.[3]
In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestinedescribed the village, then namedNuzlet el Masfyas: "A small village on the low hills, withwells."[4]
British Mandate era
[edit]In the1922 census of Palestineconducted by theBritish Mandate authorities,Nazlet Esahad a population of 203Muslims,[5]increasing in the1931 censusto 261 Muslims, living in 62 houses.[6]
In the1945 statisticsthe population ofNazlat Isawas 380 Muslims,[7]with 2,030dunamsof land according to an official land and population survey.[8]Of this, 684 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 750 were used for cereals,[9]while 12 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[10]
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Nazlat 'Isa 1942 1:20,000 -
Nazlat 'Isa 1945 1:250,000
Jordanian era
[edit]In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War,and after the1949 Armistice Agreements,Nazlat 'Isa came underJordanianrule.
In 1961, the population ofNazlet 'Isewas 627.[11]
Post 1967
[edit]Since theSix-Day Warin 1967, Nazlat 'Isa has been underIsraeli occupation.
In 2003, during theSecond Intifada,over 60 shops were destroyed by Israeli civil administrationbulldozers.The Israeli civil administration claimed that the shops weredemolishedbecause they were built without a permit. Palestinians consider Israeli military curfews and property destruction to constitutecollective punishmentagainst innocent Palestinians.[12][13][14]
According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics,Nazlat 'Isa had a population of approximately 2,502 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,302 inhabitants by 2017.[1][15]8.7% of the population of Nazlat 'Isa were refugees in 1997.[16]The healthcare facilities for Nazlat 'Isa are designated as MOH level 2.[17]
References
[edit]- ^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.Retrieved2023-10-24.
- ^Palmer, 1881, p.152
- ^Dauphin, 1998, p. 755
- ^Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p.47
- ^Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p.27
- ^Mills, 1932, p.56
- ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.21
- ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.76
- ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.127
- ^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics.Village Statistics, April, 1945.Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.177
- ^Government of Jordan, 1964, p.27
- ^"Israelis flatten West Bank shops".BBC News. 21 January 2003.Retrieved4 January2010.
- ^HEPG (March 2004)."The Impact of Israel's Separation Barrier on Affected West Bank Communities"(PDF).Humanitarian Emergency Policy Group (HEPG). Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 2008-02-28.Retrieved2008-03-15.
In preparation of the new route of the Barrier in Nazlat Isa, theIDFdemolished more than 120 shops during August 2003. A second demolition of 82 shops was completed by the IDF in January 2003. Storeowners were given as little as 30 minutes to evacuate their premises before the demolitions started. Apart from Tulkarm town, Nazlat Isa was the main commercial centre for the Tulkarm area and was heavily dependent on commerce with Israel.
- ^James Bennet (2003-01-22)."Israel Destroys Arabs´ Shops in West Bank".New York Times.Retrieved2008-03-15.
Jan. 21 – The Israeli Army used bulldozers to flatten dozens of shops today in one of the few thriving Palestinian commercial centers near the West Bank boundary, saying that the store owners lacked permits.
- ^Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006Archived2008-02-07 at theWayback MachinePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee StatusArchived2012-02-07 at theWayback MachinePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
Bibliography
[edit]- 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.
- Dauphin, C.(1998).La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations.BAR International Series 726 (in French). Vol. III: Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress.ISBN0-860549-05-4.
- 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.Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, S.(1970).Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine.Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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.
External links
[edit]- Welcome To Nazlat 'Isa
- Nazlat Issa
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8:IAA,Wikimedia commons
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