| 'Anin | |
| Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | عانين |
| Type: | Municipality type D (Village council) |
| Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of 'Anin within Palestine |
| Coordinates: | 32.5014°N 35.1678°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 165/211 |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Jenin |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Population Total: | 4,216 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Name meaning |
| Blank Info Sec1: | from personal name, or possibly from fountain[1] |
Anin (ar|عانين) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank governorate of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,216 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
See also: Beth-Anath. Potsherds from Iron Age I,[3] IA II, Persian, early and late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and the Middle Ages have been found here.
"Immediately north of the village is a rock-cut passage large enough to walk along, extending about 50 feet and lined with cement; it then becomes about a foot high. This leads out on to a flat surface of rock.(...) Two rock-cut tombs, now blocked, exist west of this."[4] [5]
In 1517 'Anin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. During the 16th and 17th centuries, it belonged to the Turabay Emirate (1517-1683), which encompassed also the Jezreel Valley, Haifa, Jenin, Beit She'an Valley, northern Jabal Nablus, Bilad al-Ruha/Ramot Menashe, and the northern part of the Sharon plain.[6] [7] In the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Sahil Atlit which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Lajjun. The village had a population of 16 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,600 akçe.[8] Potsherds from the Ottoman era have also been found here.[3]
In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya of Shafa al-Gharby.[9]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Anin as: "a small village on a ridge, partly built of stone, with a small olive grove beneath it on the west, and two wells on that side. It has the appearance of an ancient site, having rock-cut tombs, and a curious channel for water."[10]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 360 Muslims,[11] increasing in the 1931 census to 447 Muslims, in 68 houses.[12]
In the 1944/5 statistics the population of Anin was 590 Muslims,[13] with a total of 15,049 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, 1,769 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,806 dunams for cereals,[15] while 13 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[16]
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, 'Anin came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 752 inhabitants.[17]
'Anin has been under Israeli control along with the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
