Nisf Jubeil Explained

Nisf Jubeil
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:نصف جبيل
Translit Lang1 Type1:Latin
Translit Lang1 Info1:Nisf Jbeil (official)
Nisf Jubayl (unofficial)
Type:Local Development Committee
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Nisf Jubeil within Palestine
Coordinates:32.2828°N 35.2206°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:170/187
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Name:State of Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Nablus
Established Title:Founded
Leader Title:Head of Municipality
Leader Name:Adil Barakat
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:471
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:"The Watershed"[2]

Nisf Jubeil (Arabic: نصف جبيل also spelled Nisf Jbeil or Nisf Jubayl) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, it had a population of 394 in 2007. There were a total of 83 households and 17 business establishments.[3] By 2017, the population was 471.

Geography

Nisf Jubeil is situated on a terrace along the Wadi Nib outlet of the Sebastiya Valley, with an approximate elevation of 400 meters above sea level. It is 2.5 kilometers east of the town of Sebastia.[4] Other nearby localities include Ijnisinya to the south, Yasid to the east and Beit Imrin to the north.[5] The nearby Ein Sharqiya spring serves as a source of water and there are 30 cisterns in the village.[4]

History

Sherds from the late Roman, Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found here.[4]

Ottoman era

In 1596, Nisf Jubeil appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "Jubayl", a village in the nahiya of Jabal Sami in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 30 Muslim households and 36 Christian households.[6] [7] They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives; a total of 10,040 akçe. 1/3 of the revenues went to a Waqf.[7]

In 1838 there were approximately 200 Christians, including a priest living in the village.[8] The Christians were of the Greek Orthodox faith.[9] [10]

Victor Guérin found an ancient sarcophage in Nisf Jubeil, used as a trough. He estimated there were 300 inhabitants, including some Christians.[11] In 1882, Nisf Jubeil was described as "a small village in an open valley, with a spring to the east and olives. Some of the inhabitants are Greek Christians."[12]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Wadi al-Sha'ir.[13]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate of Palestine, its population was 162 (including 88 Christians),[8] [14] increasing to 210 (including 105 Christians) in the 1931 census.[15] [16]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 260; 80 Muslims and 180 Christians,[17] while the total land area was recorded as 5,054 dunams.[18] Of this, 890 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,443 used for cereals,[19] while 28 dunams were built-up land.[20]

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population of Nisf Jubeil was 228,[21] of whom 50 were Christian.[22]

1967-present

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nisf Jubeil has been under Israeli occupation, and according to the Israeli census of that year, the population of Nisf Jubeil stood at 221, of whom 14 were registered as having come from Israel.[23]

In 1979 Nisf Jubeil's built-up area amounted to 25 dunams. Its village center contained a few old houses, two Greek Orthodox churches and a mosque,[4] called the Nisf Jubeil Mosque.[24] The mayor of the village is currently Adil Barakat.[15] Nisf Jubeil has a mixed population of Christians and Muslims.[25]

Demography

Local origins

Some of the village's residents are Christians with origins in Transjordan. Others trace their origins to Burqa and Beit Imrin.[26]

Bibliography

External links

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/Downloads/book1487.pdf#page=108 2007 PCBS Census
  4. Zertal, 2004, p. 451
  5. http://www.maplandia.com/west-bank/nisf-jubayl/ Map of Nisf Jubayl
  6. Petersen, 2005, p. 131
  7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 129
  8. Ellenblum, 2003, p. 249
  9. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 144
  10. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
  11. Guerin, 1875, p. 210
  12. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 160
  13. Book: Grossman, David . Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine . Magnes Press . 2004 . Jerusalem . 253.
  14. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 24
  15. http://www.jmcc.org/localiteis.aspx?idd=702&type=locality Nisf Jubeil Profile
  16. Mills, 1932, p. 63
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
  18. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 60
  19. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 107
  20. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 157
  21. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
  22. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, pp. 115-116
  23. Web site: The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version . Perlmann, Joel . November 2011 – February 2012 . . 28 January 2018 .
  24. https://unispal.un.org/UNISPAL.NSF/0/9A70D06AEC2573DC85256AF4005E627E Supplementary List of Moslem Holy Places in Palestine outside the area of Jerusalem
  25. Saadeh, Youssef Jubran. Christianity in Nablus . Zajel. 2004-06-27.
  26. Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 352

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