Zababdeh
| Zababdeh | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الزبابدة |
| • Also spelled |
al-Zababida (official) az-Zubabdeh (unofficial) |
|
Zababdeh Community Center | |
  Zababdeh Location of Zababdeh within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′07.23″N 35°19′23.42″E / 32.3853417°N 35.3231722°ECoordinates: 32°23′07.23″N 35°19′23.42″E / 32.3853417°N 35.3231722°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council (from 1995) |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 5,719 dunams (5.7 km2 or 2.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2007)[1] | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,665 |
| Website | www.zababdeh.ps |
Zababdeh or Zababida (Arabic: الزبابدة) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 15 km southeast of Jenin and 2 km from the Arab American University.
History
Sherds from Middle Bronze Age II, Iron Age I & II, through to the Byzantine era have been found at the site.[2]
Remains of a Frankish bovaria (=farm) has been noted,[3] while sherds from the Mamluk and Ottoman era have also been found.[2]
Ottoman era
The village was (re-)founded in 1834 by three Christian Greek Orthodox families who purchased the land from Jenin Muslims.[4]
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as a "moderate sized village at the south edge of the arable plain called Wady es Selhab, supplied by a well on the east, with a low hill covered with brushwood on the south."[5]
In the 19th century sister Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas lived here.[6]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Zababdeh had a population of 482; 64 Muslims and 418 Christians,[7] increasing in the 1931 census to 632; 91 Muslims and 541 Christians, in a total of 134 houses.[8]
In 1945 Zababida had a population of 870; 90 Muslims and 780 Christians,[9] and the jurisdiction of the village was 5,719 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[10] 2,510 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 3,067 dunams for cereals,[11] while 16 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[12]
1948-1967
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Zababdeh was ruled by the Hashemites of Jordan.
Post-1967
Zababdeh came under Israeli occupation along with the rest of the West Bank after the 1967 Six-Day War.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2007 census, there were 3,665 residents,[1] of which roughly two-thirds are Christians,[13] and by law the mayor has to be a Christian., divided into Latin, Greek Orthodox, Greek Catholic and Anglican communities. For two decades, from 1974-5 until he was posted to a position as parish priest in Gaza (1995), the village priest was Manuel Musallam, a Fatah activist and native of Birzeit, who developed excellent educational facilities in the village that attracted commuting Muslim students from Jenin.[4] The Latin Catholic mission established its presence in the village in 1883. Conflicts with Muslim residents are rare, according to Weaver.[4]
Twin towns – Sister cities
Zababdeh is twinned with:
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See also
References
- 1 2 2007 Locality Population Statistics. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).
- 1 2 Zertal, 2007, p. 126
- ↑ Ellenblum, 2003, p. 250
- 1 2 3 Alain Epp Weaver, 'The crescent and the cross are the marks on my hands: The performance of Palestinian unity amid political fragmentation,' in Paul S Rowe, John H.A. Dyck, Jens Zimmermann (eds.) Christians and the Middle East Conflict, Routledge 2014 pp.137-151, p.138.
- ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 229
- ↑ Irving, 2012, p. 248
- ↑ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 71
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 64% according to : "Zababdeh is one of the larger Villages with significant Christian populations in the north of the West Bank with 2,251 Christians out of 3,500 citizen."
- ↑ "Welcome to Zababdeh". Ixelles.be. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
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.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Ellenblum, Ronnie (2003). Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521521871. (p. 125)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Irving, Sarah (2012). Palestine. Bradt Travel Guides.
- 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. 212)
- Zertal, Adam (2007). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey 2. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9004163697.
External links
- Zababdeh Official Website-Rajaie
- Welcome To al-Zababida
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 12: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- ZABABDEH, Palestine-family.net
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