Al-Zaitounah
This article is about Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. For other uses, see Mazraa (disambiguation).
| al-Zaitounah | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الزيتونة |
| • Also spelled | al-Zaytouneh[1] (official) |
  al-Zaitounah Location of al-Zaitounah within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′24.00″N 35°9′55.00″E / 31.9566667°N 35.1652778°ECoordinates: 31°57′24.00″N 35°9′55.00″E / 31.9566667°N 35.1652778°E | |
| Palestine grid | 166/152, 164/151 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdullah Ladadwa |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 15,500 dunams (15.5 km2 or 6.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2013) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 8,105 |
| Name meaning | "the Olive" |
| Website | www.alzeitona-mun.org |
Al-Zaitounah (Arabic: الزيتونة, meaning "the Olive") is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was formed in 2005 as the result of a merger of the villages of Abu Shukheidim and al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya. In 2007, al-Zaitounah had a population of 6,190, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.[1]
References
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- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 293 -294)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3. (pp. 392, 406)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 35)
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 112)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 239)
- Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem". Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins. 2: 135–163. (p. 142)
External links
- Official website (Arabic)
- Official website
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Welcome to Abu Shukheidim
- Welcome to al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya
- AL-Zaytouneh town (fact sheet)
- AL-Zaytouneh town profile
- AL-Zaytouneh aerial photo
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