Qaryut Explained

Qaryout
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:قريوت
Translit Lang1 Type1:Latin
Translit Lang1 Info1:Qaryout (official)
Karyut, Kuriyet, Krayot (unofficial)
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Qaryout within Palestine
Coordinates:32.0708°N 35.2939°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Grid Position:178/164
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:2560
Population As Of:2017
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:The towns[2]

Qaryout (Arabic: قريوت) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 28km (17miles) southeast of Nablus.

Qaryut is an ancient village. Its current inhabitants trace their origins to the Hejaz.[3] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Qaryut had a population of 2,560 inhabitants in 2017.

Location

Qaryut is located 17 km south of Nablus. It is bordered by Duma and Jalud to the east, Qusra and Talfit to the north, As Sawiya to the west, and Turmus'ayya to the south.[4]

History

Qaryut is an ancient village. Shards from the Iron Age II, Persian, Persian/Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk era have been found here.[5]

Western travellers, like Edward Robinson, have suggested that Qaryut might be identical to ancient Coreae.[6] [7] [8]

Röhricht suggested that Qaryut is identical with Kariateri, a place mentioned in Crusader texts.[9]

It has been noted that: "This place, being at the head of Wady Fusail, seems to have given rise to the mediaeval identification of that valley as the Brook Cherith (mentioned by Marino Sanuto in 1321)."[8]

Ottoman period

Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here.[5]

In 1838, Kuriyet was noted as being located in El-Beitawy district, east of Nablus.[10] [6]

In 1870, Victor Guérin noted: "This village is divided into two distinct districts, each under the jurisdiction of a particular Sheikh. Its population is seven hundred and fifty inhabitants. In the gardens around it grow fig trees, pomegranates and vines. Several old rock formations are currently dry, and women are forced to fetch water as far as Ain Siloun. In two houses, I notice some blocks with boss cut." Guérin also identified Qaryut with ancient Coreae.[11]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted that Kuriyut was: "a small village, on the top of a high chain, with a spring between it and the ruin of Seilun (Shiloh)."[8]

British Mandate

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Qariut had a population of 530 Muslims,[12] increasing in the 1931 census to 732; 3 Christians and 729 Muslims, in 156 houses.[13]

In the 1945 statistics Qaryut had a population of 930, all Muslims,[14] with 7,491 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[15] Of this, 2,611 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,803 were used for cereals,[16] while 63 dunams were built-up land.[17]

Jordanian period

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

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,163 inhabitants.[18]

1967, aftermath

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

After the 1995 accords, 23% of village land is classified as Area B, the remaining 77% is Area C.[19]

As of 2014, Israel has confiscated 2,221 dunams of Qaryat village land for 3 Israeli settlements: Eli, Shilo and Mizpe Rahel.[20]

Israeli settlers from Eli have been blamed for uprooting more than 100 olive trees belonging to Qaryut village.[21]

Demography

The current residents of Qaryut trace their ancestry back to the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia.

Notable people

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. 238
  3. 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. 356
  4. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072547/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qaryut_vp_en.pdf Qaryut Village profile (including Jalud Locality)
  5. Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 654
  6. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 83
  7. Ritter, 1866, vol 2, p. 345
  8. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 288
  9. Röhricht, 1887, p. 222; cited in Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 654
  10. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
  11. Guérin, 1875, pp. 20-21
  12. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
  13. Mills, 1932, p. 64
  14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
  15. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 60
  16. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 107
  17. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 157
  18. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072547/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qaryut_vp_en.pdf Qaryut Village profile (including Jalud Locality)
  20. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072547/http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Qaryut_vp_en.pdf Qaryut Village profile (including Jalud Locality)
  21. http://www.haaretz.com/misc/article-print-page/.premium-1.553291 More than 100 olive trees uprooted in West Bank, Palestinians report

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