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Sanniriya () is a Palestinians town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, south of Qalqilya and southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,609 inhabitants in 2017.
Potsherds from the Mamluk era has been found in the village, and the mosque has a vaulted burial chamber, and an Arabic inscription from AH 876 (1460 C.E.).Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 293
In the 18th and 19th centuries, Sanniriya formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn. Situated between Dayr Ghassana in the south and the present Route 5 in the north, and between Majdal Yaba in the west and Jammā‘īn, Mardā and Kifl Haris in the east, this area served, according to historian Roy Marom, "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the Jerusalem and the Nablus regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the Bedouin tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman Empire."
In 1838, during the late Ottoman Empire era, it was noted as a Muslim village, Senirieh, in Jurat Merda, south of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 126
In 1870 the French explorer Victor Guérin visited the village, which he found situated on the top of a hill, with about 700 inhabitants. Many of the houses appeared newly built, only some appeared old. At the highest point of the hill was a small mosque.Guérin, 1875, p. 175 ff
In 1870/1871 (1288 Anno Hegirae), an Ottoman census listed the village with a population of 52 households in the Nahiyah (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Awwal, subordinate to Nablus.
In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) the village (called "Senirieh"), was described as a "small stone village, on a ridge, surrounded with olives, supplied by cisterns."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 287
In the 1945 statistics the population of Sanniriya was 990 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19 while the total land area was 12,685 , according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61. Of this, 2,895 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 4,432 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 107. while 45 dunams were classified as built-up areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 157.
The Ahmad and Omar clans began to work the fields west of the village where the land was suitable for agriculture in the 1930s. However, in the 1950s, to avoid continuous long-distance travels, the Ahmad and Omar clans established the villages of Azzun Atma and Beit Amin, respectively. Because of the migration of the two clans, Younis and Sheikh became the dominant families of Sanniriya. Initially, at the beginning of Jordanian rule in the 1950s, water for domestic use was obtained from the nearby Wadi al-Qana. After receiving funds from residents living in the Persian Gulf States, the village economy substantially improved which included a boost in agricultural production, leading to the export of oranges and other products to the Gulf States. Increased income in the village allowed for the inhabitants to dig the first public Water well in Sanniriya in 1964.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,089 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 26
During the First Intifada, a number of residents were imprisoned for participation in the uprising and two homes were demolished.
After the 1995 accords, 21.6% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 78.4% as Area C. Sanniriya Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 15
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