Bizzariya
| Bizzariya | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بزاريا |
| • Also spelled | Bazzariya (official) |
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Bizzariya | |
  Bizzariya Location of Bizzariya within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°18′27.80″N 35°09′58.49″E / 32.3077222°N 35.1662472°ECoordinates: 32°18′27.80″N 35°09′58.49″E / 32.3077222°N 35.1662472°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Hamad |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,252 |
Bizzariya (Arabic: بزاريا; also spelled Bazzariya, Bazariyeh or Bizariah) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 13.3 kilometers northwest of Nablus at the northernmost point of the Nablus Governorate. It is situated in a valley, having an altitude of 460 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Bizzariya had a population of over 2,252 inhabitants in 2007.[1]
History
Pottery sherds found in Bizzariya indicate that the village was likely established during the Byzantine era in Palestine (mid-3rd to early-7th century). It was a smaller settlement than a nearby site in Bizzariya's jurisdiction called Khirbet Rujman. Most pottery sherds found Bizzariya date back to the medieval period and the village was a casale (estate) during Crusader rule in the 12th century.[2]
Ottoman era
Bizzariya, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. About 20% of the pottery sherds found in the village date back to this period. In the 1596 Ottoman tax registers, Bizzariya was listed as an entirely Muslim village called "Barazia", and had a population of 26 families and two bachelors.[2]
Geography
Bizzariya is situated on Mount 'Ilan, which has a summit of 588 meters above sea level. The village's average elevation is 450 meters above sea level. The old core of the village consists of two dunams and mostly contains half-ruined houses, with some more modern homes.[2] The nearest localities are Ramin to the south, Burqa to the southeast, Silat ad-Dhahr to the northeast, al-Attara to the north, Kafr Rumman to the northwest and Anabta to the west.[3]
Demographics
In 1997, Bizzariya had a population of 1,606. Palestinian refugees and their descendants accounted for 7.3% of the population.[4] The village's principal families are Hussein, Salim, Hammad, Naser and 'Odah.[3]
References
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.110.
- 1 2 3 Zertal, 2004, p. 313.
- 1 2 "Bizzariya Village Profile" (PDF). Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem. 2014.
- ↑ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status at the Wayback Machine (archived November 14, 2011). 1997 Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). 1999.
Bibliography
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 159)
- Hadawi, Sami (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. (p. 129)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). 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. (p. 181)
- Zertal, Adam (2004). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey 1. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9004137564.
External links
- Welcome To Bazzariya
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Bizzariya Village Profile, ARIJ
- Bizzariya (areal photo), ARIJ
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