Municipality type C in Ramallah and al-Bireh, State of Palestine
Abu Qash (
Arabic : ابو قش ) is a
Palestinian village located in the
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern
West Bank , located north of
Ramallah and south of the
Birzeit University . According to the 2017 census conducted by the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , it had a population of 2,237.
[1]
Location
Abu Qash is located 5.3 kilometers (3.3 mi) north of
Ramallah . It is bordered by
Surda and
Jifna to the east,
Bir Zeit to the north,
Al-Zaytouneh and
Ramallah to the west, and by Ramallah and Surda to the south.
[3]
History
Abu Qash was founded in the
Ottoman period by settlers from
Beitunia during the
Qays–Yaman war .
[4]
Earlier remains found at the site include two tombs dating to the
Byzantine period,
[5] and sherds from both the Byzantine and
Mamluk eras.
[5]
Ottoman era
Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.
[5] In 1838 it was noted by
Edward Robinson as a
Muslim village, Abu Kush , in Beni Harith district, north of Jerusalem.
[6]
In 1863
Victor Guérin noted it as "A
hamlet of about twenty houses, situated on a high hill, the slopes of which are partly covered with vines, olive trees and fig trees."
[7]
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated that the village had 25 houses and a population of 78, though the population count included men, only. It was further noted that it was located just west of
Surda .
[8]
[9]
In 1882 the
PEF 's
Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Abu Kush as: "a very small
hamlet , with a
well on the north, on an ancient road, with a few olives near."
[10]
In 1896 the population of Abu Kusch was estimated to be about 204 persons.
[11]
British Mandate era
Agricultural terraces in 1942 (British Mandate)
In the
1922 census of Palestine , conducted by the
British Mandate authorities , the population of Abu Qash was 171 Muslims,
[12] increasing in the
1931 census to 246 inhabitants, in 49 houses.
[13]
In the
1945 statistics Abu Qash had a population of 300 Muslims,
[14] and a total land area of 4,751
dunams .
[15] 1,166 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,447 were for cereals,
[16] while 42 dunams were built-up areas.
[17]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the
1948 Arab–Israeli War , and after the
1949 Armistice Agreements , Abu Qosh came under
Jordanian rule. It was
annexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population was 510.
[18]
Post-1967
Since the
Six-Day War in 1967, Abu Qash has been under
Israeli occupation .
After the 1995
Oslo II accords, 99.8% of Abu Qash land was classified as
Area B land and the remaining 0.2% as
Area C .
[19]
References
^
a
b
Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF) .
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
State of Palestine . February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24 .
^ Palmer, 1881, p.
221
^
Abu Qash Village profile , ARIJ, p. 5
^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies . Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 359
^
a
b
c Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 411
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.
124
^ Guérin, 1869, p.
34
^ Socin, 1879, p.
149 It was noted to be in the Beni Harit district
^ Hartmann, 1883, p.
126 also noted 25 houses
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p.
293
^ Schick, 1896, p.
123 Note that Schick mistakenly writes that it was missed in the Socin list.
^ Barron, 1922, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramalllah, p.
16
^ Mills, 1932, p.
47
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.
26
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
64 .
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
111
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
161
^ Government of Jordan, 1964, p.
24
^
Abu Qash Village profile , ARIJ, p. 17
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