Odala Explained

Odala
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:اودلة
Translit Lang1 Type1:Latin
Translit Lang1 Info1:Odala (official)
Udala (unofficial)
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Odala within Palestine
Coordinates:32.1533°N 35.2764°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:176/173
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Name:State of Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nablus
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:1566
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:from personal name[2]

Odala (Arabic: اودلة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,566 inhabitants in 2017.

Location

Odala is located 7.6km (04.7miles) south of Nablus. It is bordered by Huwara to the west, Beita to the south and east, and ‘Awarta to the east and north.[3]

History

Shards from Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.[4]

Ottoman era

Shards from the early Ottoman era have been found here.[4] In 1596 the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of ‘’Udala’’, and as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 18 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or syrup; a total of 3,000 akçe. One quarter of the revenue went to a Waqf.[5]

In 1838, Haudela was noted as a village in the District of El-Beitawy, east of Nablus.[6] [7]

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted it as a village surrounded by olive and fig trees.[8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Audelah as a small hamlet, on the low hills east of the Mukhnah plain.[9]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Audala had a population of 64 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 73 Muslim, in 17 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics Odala together with Awarta had a population of 1,470, all Muslims,[12] with 16,106 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 30 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 9,406 used for cereals,[14] while 130 dunams were built-up land.[15]

Jordanian era

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

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 179 inhabitants.[16]

1967-present

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

After the 1995 accords, 89% of the village land is defined as Area B land, while the remaining 11% is defined as Area C.[17]

In May, 2021, the Israeli army shot and killed 16 year old Said Yousef Mohammad Odeh from Odala. There were "confrontations" at the entrance at Odala at the time, but his family stated that the 10-grader was not involved, while the Israeli army stated that he was.[18] [19] The Defence for Children International - Palestine, stated: "Israeli forces reportedly confronted Palestinian youth at the village entrance prior to the shooting. Saeed was not involved in the confrontations at the time he was shot, according to information collected by our team.

"Israeli forces deployed in a nearby olive grove fired live ammunition at Saeed as he approached the village entrance. He sustained at least two gunshot wounds: in the back near his right shoulder and pelvis. Both bullets exited from the front."[20] His cousin was shot at the same time, but survived.[18]

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. 225
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222220040/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Odala_vp_en.pdf Odala Village Profile
  4. Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 699
  5. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 134
  6. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
  7. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 94
  8. Guérin, 1874, p. 461
  9. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 288
  10. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
  11. Mills, 1932, p. 66
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 18
  13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 59
  14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 105
  15. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 155
  16. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180222220040/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Odala_vp_en.pdf Odala Village Profile
  18. https://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium-palestinian-teen-shot-dead-by-israeli-army-during-clashes-outside-nablus-1.9777940 Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli army during clashes outside Nablus
  19. https://www.dci-palestine.org/israeli_forces_shoot_kill_16_year_old_palestinian_boy Israeli forces shoot, kill 16-year-old Palestinian boy
  20. https://news.sky.com/story/israeli-investigation-after-16-year-old-palestinian-boy-shot-dead-by-soldiers-12298708 Israeli investigation after 16-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by soldiers

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