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Nazlet Zeid


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nameNazlet Zeid
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translit_lang1_typeArabic
translit_lang1_infoخربة نزلة زيد
translit_lang1_type1Latin
translit_lang1_info1Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid (official)
typeMunicipality type D (Village council)
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pushpin_map_captionLocation of Nazlet Zeid within Palestine
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subdivision_typeState
subdivision_nameState of Palestine
subdivision_type1Governorate
subdivision_name1Jenin
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Nazlet Zeid (; 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 and 843 in the 2017 census.

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.

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.

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 Arab resistance leader Izz al-Din al-Qassam and British Mandatory police, 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.

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.

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.

References

Bibliography

References

  1. (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017". [[State of Palestine]].
  2. (2007). "Table 26 (Cont.): Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007". [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]].
  3. Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/153/mode/1up 153]
  4. Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n32/mode/1up 30]
  5. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p17.jpg 17]
  6. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Jinin/Page-055.jpg 55]
  7. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Jinin/Page-100.jpg 100]
  8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Jinin/Page-150.jpg 150]
  9. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p25.pdf 25]
  10. Perlmann, Joel. (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version".
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