Zawiya, Jenin
For other Palestinian towns with a similar name in Salfit Governorate, see Zawiya, West Bank.
| Az-Zawiya | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الزاوية |
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View of Zawiya from village entrance, 2009 | |
  Az-Zawiya Location of Az-Zawiya within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°22′28″N 35°13′56″E / 32.37444°N 35.23222°ECoordinates: 32°22′28″N 35°13′56″E / 32.37444°N 35.23222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 172/198 |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 770 |
Az-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاوية; also spelled Zawiyeh) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population of 770 in 2007.[1]
On Saturday 9 January 2016 the owner of a local trading company, Said Abu Al-Wafa (35), was shot dead by Israeli soldiers at the Beka'ot roadblock.[2][3]
References
- ↑ "Table 26 (Cont.): Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007" (PDF) (in Arabic). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007. p. 106.
- ↑ Ha'aretz 16/1/2016 Gideon Levy
- ↑ Ha'aretz 9/1/2016 Gili Cohen
Bibliography
- 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. (Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 158)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (p.757)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 217)
- 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.130)
- 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. 196)
External links
- Welcome To Zawiya
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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