Zeita, Tulkarm
This article is about the Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate. For other places, see Zeita (disambiguation).
| Zeita | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | زيتا |
| • Also spelled |
Zeita (official) Zayta (unofficial) |
  Zeita Location of Zeita within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°23′04.24″N 35°03′02.96″E / 32.3845111°N 35.0508222°ECoordinates: 32°23′04.24″N 35°03′02.96″E / 32.3845111°N 35.0508222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 155/199 |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,842 |
Zeita (Arabic: زيتا‎) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 11 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Zeita had a population of 2,852 inhabitants in 2007.[1] 21.5% of the population of Zeita were refugees in 1997.[2] The healthcare facilities for Zeita are designated as MOH level 2.[3]
Zeita appears on sheet 45 Jacotin's map drawn-up during Napoleon's invasion in 1799, though its position is not accurate.[4][5]
References
- ↑ 2007 PCBS census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 107.
- ↑ Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ↑ Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
- ↑ Palestine Exploration Quarterly Jan-Apr 1944. Jacotin's Map of Palestine. D.H.Kellner. p. 161.
- ↑ Karmon, 1960, p. 170
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. (p. 153)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 756)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 346 )
- Karmon, Y. (1960). "An Analysis of Jacotin's Map of Palestine" (PDF). Israel Exploration Journal 10 (3,4): 155–173; 244–253.
- 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. 137)
- 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. 196 )
External links
- Welcome To Zayta
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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