Bir Nabala

 ( Towns In The West Bank ) 

Bir Nabala (; ) is a Palestinian enclave town in the West Bank located eight kilometers northeast of Jerusalem, in Palestine. In mid-year 2006, it had an estimated population of 6,100 residents. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. By 2017, the population was 6,004 Three Bedouin tribes — Abu Dhak, Tel al ‘AdassaThe Town has 4 Major Native families (Al-Hajja, Abdullah, Issa and Zeidan). The bedouin tribes were displaced by the erection of the Israeli wall and the tribes are settled on lands not owned by them. The Bir Nabala / Tel al ‘Adassa Bedouin community . Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 19 September 2013 and Jahalin Bedouin — live in Bir Nabala. Bir Nabala has a built-up area of 1,904 , which combined with nearby al-Jib, Beit Hanina and al-Judeira form an enclave in the Seam Zone, walled in by the Israeli West Bank barrier. Bir Nabala Village: Two Separate Enclaves reunited into one Big Enclave . Applied Research Institute, 14 August 2006

The enclave as a whole is home to approximately 15,000 Palestinians. Barrier Route It is linked to Ramallah by underpasses and a road that is fenced on both sides. From the Biddu enclave, residents travel along a fenced road that passes under a bypass road to Bir Nabala enclave, then on a second underpass under Bypass Road 443 to Ramallah. OCHA

Prior to the construction of the barrier, Bir Nabala was a commercial center linking Jenin and Tulkarm with the Jerusalem area and the town contained about 600 shops and six tyre factories. In 2007, there were 180 shops and two tyre factories. Bir Nabala: A Devastating Blow to the Economy Ma'an Development Center and Bir Nabala Village Council Chairman Haj Tawfik Nabeli. February 2007.

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History The remains of a vault, dating to the Crusader states era have been found here.Pringle, 1997, p. 111

During the Mamluk era, a waqf stipulated that the whole of the revenue from Bir Nabala should got to the ad-Dawādāriyya Madrasa in Jerusalem. The building was completed in 695 AH/1295−1296CE.van Berchem, 1922, p. 215, note 4Hawari et al, 2013, p. 97

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Ottoman era In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine and in the 1596 Defter it appeared as Bir Nabala, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 4 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 1,300 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 118

In 1738 Richard Pococke named it Beerna–billiah, seeing it "on a hill to the east".Pococke, 1745, vol 2, p. 49; cited in Tobler, 1854, pp. 762–763

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted Bir Nebala on his travels in the region,Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 2, pp. 137, 141 as a Muslim village in Jerusalem region.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol. 3, 2 appendix, p. 121 In May, 1863 Guérin found it to have about 130 inhabitants. He further noted remains from the Crusader era and a few , one of them still in use by the locals.Guérin, 1868, p. 393 An official Ottoman village list sometime around 1870 listed Bir Nebala as having 24 houses and a population of 100, though the population count included only men.Socin, 1879, p. 148Hartmann, 1883, p. 127 also noted 24 houses

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a village of moderate size, standing high, with a valley to the west. There are a few olives round the place."Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 8

In 1896 the population of Bir Nebala was estimated to be about 420 persons.Schick, 1896, p. 121

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British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Bir Nebala had a population of 367 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jerusalem, p. 15 increasing in the 1931 census to 456 Muslims, in 106 inhabited houses.Mills, 1932, p. 39

In the 1945 statistics the population of Bir Nebala consisted of 590 MuslimsGovernment of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 24 and the land area was 2,692 , according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 56 Of this, 962 dunams were designated for plantations and irrigable land, 783 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 102 while 21 dunams were built-up (urban) areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 152

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Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Bir Nabala came under rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.

In 1961, the population of Bir Nabala was 850.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23

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Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Bir Nabala has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 935, 19 of whom originated from Israeli territory.

After the 1995 accords, 14.4% of Bir Nabala’s land was classified as Area B, while the remaining 85.6% was classified as Area C. Israel has confiscated 675 dunums from Bir Nabala in order to construct Atarot Industrial zone, in addition to isolating 1,121 dunams of Bir Nabala land behind the West Bank barrier. Bir Nabala Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 17

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Bibliography

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• (1977). 9783920405414, Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. . ISBN 9783920405414
• (2025). 9783902782113, Museum With No Frontiers, MWNF. . ISBN 9783902782113
• D. Pringle (1997). 9780521460101, Cambridge University Press. . ISBN 9780521460101

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External links

• Welcome To Bir Nabala
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Bir Nabala Town (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
• Bir Nabala Town Profile, ARIJ
• Bir Nabala aerial photo, ARIJ
• Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Bir Nabala

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