Osarin
| Osarin | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | أُوصرين |
| • Also spelled | Osarin (official) ’Usarin (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°07′32″N 35°18′37″E / 32.12556°N 35.31028°ECoordinates: 32°07′32″N 35°18′37″E / 32.12556°N 35.31028°E | |
| Palestine grid | 179/170 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,630 |
| Name meaning | "High ground";[1] |
Osarin (Arabic: أُوصرين) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,630 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2]
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History[edit]
Shards from Iron Age II, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.[3]
Ottoman era[edit]
Shards from the early Ottoman era have been found here.[3] In 1596 the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of ‘’Usarin’’, and as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 10 households and 4 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 2,900 Akçe.[4]
In 1838, Ausarin was noted as a village in the District of El-Beitawy, east of Nablus.[5]
In 1870 Victor Guérin noted the village, situated on a hill.[6]
British Mandate era[edit]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ausarin had a population of 87 Muslims,[7] increasing in the 1931 census to 122 Muslim, in 34 houses.[8]
In 1945 Usarin had a population of 200 Muslim,[9] with 2,185 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[10] Of this, 347 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,098 were used for cereals,[11] while 11 dunams were built-up land.[12]
Jordanian era[edit]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Osarin came under Jordanian rule.
1967-present[edit]
After the Six-Day War in 1967, Osarin has been under Israeli occupation.
References[edit]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 252
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ a b Finkelstein et al., 1997, p. 713
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 135.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 128
- ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 12
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. 25
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 66
- ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 108
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 158
Bibliography[edit]
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- 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.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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.
- 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.
- Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
External links[edit]
- Welcome To 'Usarin
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 15: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Osarin Village profile, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Osarin, aerial photo, ARIJ
- Development Priorities and Needs in Osarin, ARIJ
