Nazlet Zeid

Nazlet Zeid (Arabic: خربة نزلة زيد‎; also known as Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, administratively part of the Jenin Governorate. The village is in Area C, putting it under full Israeli military and civilian control. The West Bank barrier runs through the village. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 704 in the 2007 census.[1]

Nazlet Zeid
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicخربة نزلة زيد
 • LatinNazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid (official)
Nazlet Zeid
Location of Nazlet Zeid within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°27′45″N 35°10′30″E
Palestine grid166/207
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2007)
 • Total704

History

Ottoman era

In the late Ottoman era, it was noted as a place named Sheik Zeid, which was presumed to come from a personal name.[2]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Kh. al-Sheikh Zaid had a population 10, all Muslims.[3]

The inhabitants are mostly belong to the Al-Kilani family. The village was named after Sheikh Zeid Kilani, the late leader of the Kilani family. The village was the site of a 1935 shootout between the anti-colonial leader Izz al-Din al-Qassam and British Mandatory forces, which ended with al-Qassam killed.

In the 1945 statistics the population of Nazlet Zeid was counted with that of Ya'bad, in an official land and population survey.[4][5][6][7]

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population of Nazlat Zeid was 132 persons.[8]

post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Nazlet Zeid has been under Israeli occupation. The population of Nazlat Zeid in the 1967 census conducted by Israel was 271, of whom 27 originated from the Israeli territory.[9]

References
  1. "Table 26 (Cont.): Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007" (PDF) (in Arabic). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007. p. 106.
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 153
  3. Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
  4. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 17
  5. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
  6. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 100
  7. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 150
  8. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  9. Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 25 January 2018.

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