Ammuriya, Nablus

Ammuriya (Arabic: عمورية‎, romanized: ʿAmmūriya, also spelled Amuria)[2] is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Ammuriya had a population of 302 in 2007. There were 48 households and five business establishments in the village.[3]

This article is about the village in the West Bank. For the town in Jordan, see Ammuriya, Jordan.
Ammuriya
Local Development Committee
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعمورية
 • LatinʽAmuria (official)
ʽAmuriya (unofficial)
Jilijliya to the right, ʽAmmuriya to the left.
Ammuriya
Location of ʽAmmuriya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°4′1″N 35°12′53″E
Palestine grid169/163
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeLocal Development Committee
 • Head of MunicipalitySulaiman Hakawati[1]
Population
 (2007)
 • Total302

In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya into a single municipality called after the latter town.[4]

Location

Nearby localities include Iskaka to the north, al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the east, Abwein to the south, Arura and Mazari an-Nubani to the southwest and Salfit to the northwest.

History

Pottery sherds from Iron Age II, Hellenistic/Roman, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.[5]

Ottoman era

In 1596, it appeared in Ottoman tax registers as "ʽAmmuriya", a village in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 7 households and 1 bachelor, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, and a press for olive oils or grapes; a total of 2,000 akçe.[6]

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.[7][8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "A small village on high ground".[9]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population was 69, all Muslim,[1][10] increasing in the 1931 census 85 Muslims in 19 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 120, all Muslims,[12] with 3,112 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 1,753 dunams were used for cereals,[14] while 6 dunams were built-up land.[15]

Jordanian era

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

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 157 inhabitants.[16]

1967, and aftermath

In 1967 the village came under Israeli occupation after the Six-Day War, and the same year the population was found to be 130.[17]

In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya in a single municipality called after the latter town.[4]

References
  1. Ammuriya Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC). 2007-02-09.
  2. From Amorites, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 225
  3. 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.
  4. Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), ARIJ, p. 5
  5. Finkelstein and Lederman, 1997, p. 484
  6. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 136
  7. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 82,
  8. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  9. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 283
  10. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
  11. Mills, 1932, p. 59
  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 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
  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. 26
  17. Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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