Khirbet al-Deir

Khirbet al-Deir (Arabic: خربة الدير‎), or Khirbet ed-Deir, is a Palestinian village located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) southwest of Bethlehem, and 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) northwest of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate of central West Bank. According to the 2007 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) Census, the village had a population of 264 people.[2]

Not to be confused with Bethlehem Governorate.
Khirbet al-Deir
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicخربة الدير
Idyllic scene overlooking the Palestinian village, Khirbet al-Deir
Khirbet al-Deir
Location of Khirbet al-Deir within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′20″N 35°01′30″E
Palestine grid152/117
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2007)
 • Total264
Name meaning"Ruin of the monastery"[1]

History

Conder briefly mentioned the site of the village ed-Deir, saying that he found there traces of ruins, and fragments of tesselated pavement, which belonged formerly to an old monastery, in addition to two wells lined with masonry.[3]

The modern village was built upon the ruins of the old village and still bears its old namesake. The modern village was established in the early 18th-century, by residents who broke away from Surif.[4]

British Mandate era

At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population of Kh. ed Dair was counted under Dura.[5]

Jordanian era

After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, the area was under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 133 inhabitants in Kh Deir.[6]

1967-present

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

The only institution in the village is the Village Council. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 301.[7]

In 2004, Israel started constructing the West Bank barrier near the village; 1500 meters of which pass through village land. 500 dunams of village land have been lost due to the wall; including 400 dunams now isolated behind the wall.[8]

According to statistics provided by ARIJ, in 2009, some 40% of the village's population made-up the Israeli labor market, being issued permits to work on the Israeli-side of the Green Line.[9] The villagers are all Muslims.

Another village by the same name, but larger, is in the Bethlehem Governorate, part of Tuqu'.

Khirbet al-Deir, seen to the east of the valley, Wadi es-Ṣur

Footnotes
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 6.
  2. Khirbet Ad Deir Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 327.
  4. Khirbet Ad Deir Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 5
  5. Mills, 1932, p. 31
  6. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22
  7. 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.
  8. Khirbet Ad Deir Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 10
  9. Khirbet Ad Deir Village (Fact Sheet), ARIJ

Bibliography
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