Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa

Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa (Arabic: ديوك‎) is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located 3 kilometers northwest of Jericho. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa had a population of over 814 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1] In 1997, refugees constituted 27.9% of the population.[2] The primary health care for the village is through contributions from the Ministry of Health and Medical Relief Committee.[3]

Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	ديوك
Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa Location of Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′02.04″N 35°25′46.96″E
Palestine grid	190/143
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Jericho
Government
• Type	Village council
Population  (2006)
• Total	814

History

Ottoman era

It was noted as mazra’a (=cultivated land) near Riha in the 945 AH/1538-1539 CE Ottoman tax records,[4] and as a mazra’a near An-Nuway'imah in the 1005 AH/1596-1597 CE tax records.[5]

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted the "large and beautiful fountain or rather fountains" at Duk.[6]

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Ain ed Duk: "Near this spring a tomb was examined in the side of the hill. It is a chamber with 21 kokim in two tiers. There are other caves near it, and broken sarcophagi. The one excavated measures 16 feet by 17 feet. The lower tier contains three kokim at the back, and 4 each side. The upper tier has only three on the left hand side. The kokim are 2 feet wide, 6 feet 8 inches long, and 3 feet 4 inches high. Near the same place were found two shafts 3 feet long and 2 feet 8 inches diameter."[7]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ad-Duyuk, together with Al-Auja and Nweimeh had a population of 332; 322 Muslims and 10 Christians,[8] where the Christians were 7 Orthodox, and 3 Syrian Catholic.[9] In the 1931 census Duyuk had a population of 291 Muslims, in 66 houses.[10]

In the 1945 statistics, Duyuk's population was 730 Muslims[11] and it had jurisdiction over 21,332 dunams of land.[12] Of this, 399 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 2,050 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,171 for cereals,[13] while a total of 17,712 dunams were non-cultivable areas.[14]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa came under Jordanian rule.

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 52.3% of the land of Ein ad Duyuk al Fauqa is classified as Area A, the remaining 47.7% is Area C.[15]

References

1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jericho District by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status (1997) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
3. "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. Defter 1015 p. 267; cited in Toledano, 1984, p. 297. He has Ayn al-Duq at location 31°53′42″N 35°24′45″E
5. Defter 515, p. 34; cited in Toledano, 1984, p. 297
6. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 2, p. 308
7. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 190
8. Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jericho, p. 19
9. Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p. 45
10. Mills, 1932, p. 45
11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24
12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57
13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 102
14. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 152
15. An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17

Bibliography

• Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 173, 209)
• Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
• Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 2. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
• Toledano, E. (1984). "The Sanjaq of Jerusalem in the Sixteenth Century: Aspects of Topography and Population". Archivum Ottomanicum. 9: 279–319.

External links

• Welcome To Duyuk
• An Nuwei'ma and 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
• An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town Profile, ARIJ
• An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa aerial photo, ARIJ
• Locality Development Priorities and Needs in An Nuwei'ma and 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa, ARIJ
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 18: IAA, Wikimedia commons