Nazlet Zeid
| Nazlet Zeid | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة نزلة زيد |
| • Also spelled | Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid (official) |
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The minaret of Nazlet Zeid and olive groves, 2008 | |
  Nazlet Zeid Location of Nazlet Zeid within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°27′45.38″N 35°10′30.42″E / 32.4626056°N 35.1751167°ECoordinates: 32°27′45.38″N 35°10′30.42″E / 32.4626056°N 35.1751167°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 704 |
Nazlet Zeid (Arabic: خربة نزلة زيد; also known as Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, administratively part of the Jenin Governorate. The village is in Area C, putting it under full Israeli military and civilian control. The West Bank barrier runs through the village. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 704 in the 2007 census.[1]
The inhabitants are mostly belong to the Al-Kilani family. The village was named after Sheikh Zeid Kilani, the late leader of the Kilani family. The village was the site of a 1935 shootout between the anti-colonial leader Izz al-Din al-Qassam and British Mandatory forces, which ended with al-Qassam killed.
References
- ↑ "Table 26 (Cont.): Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007" (PDF) (in Arabic). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007. p. 106.
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, Sami (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 (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. 153)
External links
- Welcome To Kh. Nazlet Zeid
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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