Nabi Ilyas Explained

Nabi Ilyas
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:قرية النبي الياس
Translit Lang1 Type1:Latin
Translit Lang1 Info1:Nabi Ilyas (official)
Kherbit an-Nabi al-Yas (unofficial)
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of an Nabi Elyas within Palestine
Coordinates:32.1844°N 35.0158°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:151/176
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Qalqilya
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:dunam
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:187
Population Footnotes:[2]
Population Total:1399
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:The prophet Elias[3]

Nabi Ilyas (Arabic: قرية النبي الياس) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the western West Bank, located two kilometers east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an Nabi Ilyas had a population of 1,399 inhabitants in 2017. 25.6% of the population of an Nabi Ilyas were refugees in 1997.[4]

The health care facilities for an Nabi Ilyas are in Qalqilya designated as MoH level 4 there are also two clinics one run by the UNRWA and one run by the Palestinian Ministry of Health.[5]

Location

An Nabi Ilyas is located 5.06 km east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat at Tabib and ‘Isla to the east, Ras at Tira and ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the south, ‘Arab Abu Farda to the west, and Jayyus to the north.[1]

History

The village is situated on an ancient site. Cisterns, and graves cut into rock have been found here, together with ceramics from the Byzantine era.[6]

Ottoman era

Nabi Ilyas was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers under the name of Ilyas, as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It was noted as hali, empty, but a fixed tax rate of 33,3% was paid on agricultural products; a total of 1,200 akçe.[7]

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Neby Elyas (under "Archæology") as: "Walls and wells, with a ruined kubbeh."[8]

British Mandate era

In the 1945 statistics, during the British Mandate of Palestine, the population was counted under Azzun.[9] [10] [11] [12]

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population of Nabi Ilyas was 223.[13]

1967-present

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nabi Ilyas has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 2.7% of Nabi Ilyas land has been defined as Area B land, while the remaining 97.3% is Area C.[14]

Israel confiscated 1,943 dunums of village land (43.8% of the total village lands) for the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe, in addition to confiscating land from other neighbouring Palestinian villages. The Separation Wall would further separate the village from much of its land.[15]

By 2009 Israeli consumers were using Nabi Ilyas for bargain hunting. Jewish shoppers, who were kept out of the main Palestinian cities by Israeli security regulations, were drawn by the cheap prices for groceries, furniture and dental treatment that are on offer in Nabi Ilyas.[16] [17]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/annabielyas_vp_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village Profile
  2. February 2018 . Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 . Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) . . 64–82 . 2023-10-24.
  3. Palmer, 1881, p. 188
  4. http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/phc_97/qal_t6.aspx Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status
  5. Web site: Health care Facilities West Bank . 2016-05-24 . http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20060313002206/http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/fullMaps_Sa.nsf/luFullMap/BB0D1D0CC89A371F8525706F00517495/$File/healthinforum_HLT_westbank_opt110205.pdf?OpenElement . 2006-03-13 . bot: unknown .
  6. Dauphin, 1998, p. 801
  7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 140
  8. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. 210
  9. Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 20
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 74
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 124
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 174
  13. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27
  14. http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/annabielyas_vp_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village Profile
  15. http://vprofile.arij.org/qalqiliya/pdfs/vprofile/annabielyas_vp_en.pdf An Nabi Elyas Village Profile
  16. News: Palestinian village welcomes Israeli shoppers. Mohammed Assadi. Reuters. April 26, 2009.
  17. https://www.haaretz.com/news/palestinian-village-profits-from-influx-of-israeli-shoppers-1.274849 Palestinian village profits from influx of Israeli shoppers