Odala

Odala (Arabic: اودلة‎) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,082 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2]

Odala
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicاودلة
 • LatinOdala (official)
Udala (unofficial)
Odala in 2011
Odala
Location of Odala within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°09′12″N 35°16′35″E
Palestine grid176/173
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,082
Name meaningfrom personal name[1]

Location

Odala is located 7.6 kilometers (4.7 mi) south of Nablus. It is bordered by Huwara to the west, Beita to the south and east, and ‘Awarta to the east and north.[3]

History

Shards from Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.[4]

Ottoman era

Shards from the early Ottoman era have been found here.[4] In 1596 the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of ‘’Udala’’, and as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 18 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or syrup; a total of 3,000 akçe. One quarter of the revenue went to a Waqf.[5]

In 1838, Haudela was noted as a village in the District of El-Beitawy, east of Nablus.[6][7]

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted it as a village surrounded by olive and fig trees.[8]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Audelah as a small hamlet, on the low hills east of the Mukhnah plain.[9]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Audala had a population of 64 Muslims,[10] increasing in the 1931 census to 73 Muslim, in 17 houses.[11]

In the 1945 statistics Odala together with Awarta had a population of 1,470, all Muslims,[12] with 16,106 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 30 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 9,406 used for cereals,[14] while 130 dunams were built-up land.[15]

Jordanian era

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

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 179 inhabitants.[16]

1967-present

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

After the 1995 accords, 89% of the village land is defined as Area B land, while the remaining 11% is defined as Area C.[17]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 225
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. Odala Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 699
  5. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 134
  6. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
  7. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 94
  8. Guérin, 1874, p. 461
  9. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 288
  10. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
  11. Mills, 1932, p. 66
  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
  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. 25
  17. Odala Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 15

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