Zeita Jamma'in

Zeita Jamma'in
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	جمّاعين
• Also spelled	Zayta Jamma'in (official) Zeita (unofficial)
Zeita Jamma'in Location of Zeita Jamma'in within the Palestinian Territories
Coordinates: 32°08′N 35°11′E / 32.133°N 35.183°ECoordinates: 32°08′N 35°11′E / 32.133°N 35.183°E
Governorate	Nablus
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	1,962
Name meaning	"The [olive] oil of Jamma'in"

Zeita Jamma'in (Arabic: جمّاعين‎) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers southwest of Nablus. The village is located just north of Jamma'in, from which the village receives its name. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Zeita Jamma'in had a population of 1,962 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.^[1]

History

According to the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, Zeita had 113 occupied houses and a population of 404 Muslims and 1 Christian.^[2]

References

1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2. Mills, 1932, p. 66

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. 287)
• 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. 805)
• Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine. (p. 19)
• Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3. (II p. 496)
• Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 173)
• 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. 131)
• 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. 250)

External links

• Welcome To Zayta
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Zeita Jamma'in, areal photo