Al-Ras, Tulkarm

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 approximately 506 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2] 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]

al-Ras
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالرأس
 • Latinar-Ras (official)
al-Ras
Location of al-Ras within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°15′06″N 35°03′43″E
Palestine grid155/184
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTulkarm
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total506
Name meaningThe hill–top[1]

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]

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.[7]

In 1838, Robinson noted er-Ras as a village in Beni Sa'ab district, west of Nablus.[8]

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."[9]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ras had a population of 92 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 119 Muslims, living in 26 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Er Ras was 160 Muslims,[12] with 5,646 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 1,029 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,027 were used for cereals,[14] while 3 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[15]

  • Al-Ras 1942 1:20,000
  • Al-Ras 1945 1:250,000

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.[16]

Post 1967

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

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 189
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
  3. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
  5. Dauphin, 1998, p. 769
  6. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 210
  7. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 141
  8. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  9. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 166
  10. Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27
  11. Mills, 1932, p. 56
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21
  13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76
  14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 127
  15. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 177
  16. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27

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