An-Nazla ash-Sharqiya (Arabic: النزله الشرقيه) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 18 kilometers North-east of Tulkarm.
an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | النزله الشرقيه |
| • Latin | an-Nazleh ash-Sharqiyeh (official) |
  an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya Location of an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′42″N 35°06′29″E / 32.41167°N 35.10806°E | |
| Palestine grid | 160/202 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,623 |
| Name meaning | The eastern settlement. The word is applied to small suburbs of a village.[2] |
Ottoman Period
In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of al-Sha'rawiyya al-Sharqiyya.[3]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Nuzlet ash Sherkiyeh as "a small hamlet, with a well to the south, and a few olives. It stands on high ground, and has a palm tree near."[4]
British Mandate era
In the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Nazla ash Sharqiya had a population of 256 Muslims, in a total of 52 houses.[5]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Nazla esh Sharqiya was 300 Muslims,[6] with 4,840 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[7] Of this, 723 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 268 were used for cereals,[8] while 5 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[9]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, An-Nazla ash-Sharqiya came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population of Nazla Sharqiya was 507.[10]
Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, An-Nazla ash-Sharqiya has been under Israeli occupation.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya had a population of approximately 1,623 inhabitants in 2017.[1] 5.4% of the population of an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya were refugees in 1997.[11] The healthcare facilities for an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya and the villagers of an-Nazla al Wusta are based in an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[12]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. 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.
- Zertal, A. (2016). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey. Vol. 3. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 978-9004312302.
External links
- Welcome To al-Nazla al-Sharqiya
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
