Municipality type C in Ramallah and al-Bireh, State of Palestine
Deir as-Sudan (Arabic : دير السودان ) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate , located 20 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 2,159 inhabitants in 2017.[ 1]
Location
Deir as Sudan is located 14.7 kilometers (9.1 mi) northwest of Ramallah . It is bordered by Ajjul to the east, Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya to the north, Kafr Ein to the west, Umm Safa and An Nabi Salih to the south.[ 3]
History
Ceramic sherds from the Byzantine ,[ 4] Crusader /Ayyubid [ 5] Mamluk [ 5]
Ottoman era
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine , and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Dair Sudan , located in the Nahiya Liwa Al-Quds . The population was 14 households, all Muslim . They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 3,400 akçe .[ 6] [ 5]
In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village in the Beni Zeid district, north of Jerusalem.[ 7]
An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated 22 houses and a population of 90, though the population count included men, only.[ 8] [ 9]
In 1882, the PEF 's Survey of Western Palestine Deir es Sudan as: "A village of moderate size, with a well to the west, on the slope of a hill, with olive-groves round it."[ 10]
In 1896 the population of Der es-sudan was estimated to be about 153 persons.[ 11]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine , conducted by the British Mandate authorities , the village, named Dair Al-Sudan , had a population of 173, all Muslim,[ 12] 1931 census to 243 Muslims, in 53 houses.[ 13]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Deir es Sudan was 280 Muslims,[ 14] 2 ; 1.7 sq mi) of land under their jurisdiction, according to an official land and population survey.[ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War , and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements , Deir as-Sudan came under Jordanian occupation .
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 486 inhabitants in Deir as-Sudan.[ 18]
1967-present
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir as-Sudan has been under Israeli occupation .
After the 1995 accords , 57.2% of the village's total area has been defined as Area A land,
6.5% as Area B land, while the remaining 36.3% is 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. 229
^ Deir as Sudan village profile , ARIJ, p. 4^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 823
^ a b c Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 455
^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 116
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
^ Socin, 1879, p. 152 It was also noted to be in the Beni Zeid district.
^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 107 ; also noted 22 houses
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 290
^ Schick, 1896, p. 124
^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. 16
^ Mills, 1932, p. 49
^ 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. 112
^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 162
^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
^ Deir as Sudan village profile , ARIJ, p. 16
Bibliography
Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 Conder, C.R. ; Kitchener, H.H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund .Dauphin, C. (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations ISBN 0-860549-05-4 Finkelstein, I. ; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures Tel Aviv : Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3 Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF) . Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945 Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine Hartmann, M. (1883). "Die Ortschaftenliste des Liwa Jerusalem in dem türkischen Staatskalender für Syrien auf das Jahr 1288 der Flucht (1871)" . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 6 : 102 –149.Hütteroth, W.-D. ; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century ISBN 3-920405-41-2 Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas 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, E. ; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838 Crocker & Brewster .Schick, C. (1896). "Zur Einwohnerzahl des Bezirks Jerusalem" . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 19 : 120 –127.Socin, A. (1879). "Alphabetisches Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem" . Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins . 2 : 135 –163.
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