Al-Ras, Tulkarm Explained

al-Ras
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:الرأس
Translit Lang1 Type1:Latin
Translit Lang1 Info1:ar-Ras (official)
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of al-Ras within Palestine
Coordinates:32.2517°N 35.0619°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:155/184
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Name:State of Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Tulkarm
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:650
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:The hill–top[2]

al-Ras (Arabic: الراس) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 7 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Ras had a population of 650 inhabitants in 2017. In 1997, refugees made up 11.1% of the population of al-Ras.[3] The healthcare facilities for al-Ras are based in Kafr Sur, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[4]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[5]

Seven ruins are shown on the plan north of this village within about a mile. They are ancient watch towers, like those of Azzun.[6] One of them, known as Gasr Bint esh-Sheikh, dates from the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods.[7]

Ottoman era

Al-Ras was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 25 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 6,600 akçe. All the revenues went to a waqf.[8]

In 1838, Robinson noted er-Ras as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.[9]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village with 23 Household in the nahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.[10]

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Er Ras as: "a small hamlet on a high knoll, supplied by cisterns, with olives below on the north."[11]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ras had a population of 92 Muslims,[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 119 Muslims, living in 26 houses.[13]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Er Ras was 160 Muslims,[14] with 5,646 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[15] Of this, 1,029 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,027 were used for cereals,[16] while 3 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[17]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Ras came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population of Al-Ras was 269.[18]

Post 1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Ras has been under Israeli occupation.

Bibliography

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Notes and References

  1. February 2018 . Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . . 64–82 . 2023-10-24.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 189
  3. http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/tul_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status
  4. http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/4809864A0C3B9B9F85256FE80050855D/$File/healthinforum_tulkarem_opt280205.pdf?OpenElement Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
  5. Dauphin, 1998, p. 769
  6. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 210
  7. Applebaum . Shimon . Dar . Shimon . Safrai . Z.. Ze'ev Safrai . 1978-07-01 . The Towers of Samaria . Palestine Exploration Quarterly . 110 . 2 . 91–100 . 10.1179/peq.1978.110.2.91 . 0031-0328.
  8. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 141
  9. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  10. Book: Grossman, David . Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine . Magnes Press . 2004 . Jerusalem . 255.
  11. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 166
  12. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27
  13. Mills, 1932, p. 56
  14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  15. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 127
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 177
  18. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27

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