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'''Zeita Jamma'in ''' ({{lang-ar|جمّاعين}}) is a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] village in the [[Nablus Governorate]] in northern [[West Bank]], located 16 kilometers southwest of [[Nablus]]. The village is located just north of [[Jamma'in]], from which the village receives its name. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), Zeita Jamma'in had a population of 1,962 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop06.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]</ref>
'''Zeita Jamma'in''' ({{langx|ar|جمّاعين}}) is a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] village in the [[Nablus Governorate]] in northern [[West Bank]], located 16 kilometers southwest of [[Nablus]]. The village is located just north of [[Jamma'in]], from which the village receives its name. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]] (PCBS), Zeita Jamma'in had a population of 2,740 inhabitants in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" />

==Location==
==Location==
Zeita Jamma’in is a located 11.6 km southwest of [[Nablus]]. It is bordered by [[Jamma’in]] and [[‘Asira al Qibliya]] to the east, [[Tell, Nablus|Tell]] to the north, [[Deir Istiya]] to the west, [[Kifl Haris]], [[Qira, Salfit|Qira]] and [[Jamma’in]] to the south.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Zeita%20Jamma'in_vp_en.pdf Zeita Jamma’in Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 4</ref>
Zeita Jamma’in is a 11.6&nbsp;km southwest of [[Nablus]]. It is bordered by [[Jamma’in]] and [[‘Asira al Qibliya]] to the east, [[Tell, Nablus|Tell]] to the north, [[Deir Istiya]] to the west, [[Kifl Haris]], [[Qira, Salfit|Qira]] and [[Jamma’in]] to the south.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Zeita%20Jamma'in_vp_en.pdf Zeita Jamma’in Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 4</ref>
==History==
==History==
[[Sherd|Potsherds]], possibly from the [[Bronze Age#Near East timeline|Middle Bronze Age]] era was found, together with sherds from [[Iron_Age#Near_East_timeline|Iron Age I]], and IA II, [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]], [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]],<ref name=Finkelstein496>Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 496</ref> [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]],<ref name=Finkelstein496/><ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 805</ref> [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]], [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]], [[Crusader states|Crusader]]/[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]] and [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] eras were found here.<ref name=Finkelstein496/>
[[Sherd|Potsherds]], possibly from the [[Bronze Age#Near East timeline|Middle Bronze Age]] era was found, together with sherds from [[Iron_Age#Near_East_timeline|Iron Age I]], and IA II, [[Achaemenid Empire|Persian]], [[Hellenistic period|Hellenistic]], [[Roman Empire|Roman]],<ref name=Finkelstein496>Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 496</ref> [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]],<ref name=Finkelstein496/><ref>Dauphin, 1998, p. 805</ref> [[Umayyad Caliphate|Umayyad]], [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]], [[Crusader states|Crusader]]/[[Ayyubid dynasty|Ayyubid]] and [[Mamluk Sultanate (Cairo)|Mamluk]] eras were found here.<ref name=Finkelstein496/>

It has been suggested that Zeita corresponds to a place of the same name mentioned in the [[Tolidah|Samaritan chronicles]].<ref>Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 496, citing Safrai (1986)</ref>

===Ottoman era===
===Ottoman era===
In 1517, the village was included in the [[Ottoman empire]] with the rest of [[History of Palestine#Ottoman era|Palestine]], and it appeared in the 1596 [[Defter|tax-records]] as ''Zayta Bani 'Amir'', located in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Qubal of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Nablus Sanjak|Nablus]]. The population was 26 households, all [[Muslim]]. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives and a press for olive oil or grape syrup, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 10,114 [[akçe]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131</ref> Sherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein496/>
In 1517 the village was included in the [[Ottoman empire]] with the rest of [[History of Palestine#Ottoman period|Palestine]], and it appeared in the 1596 [[Defter|tax-records]] as ''Zayta Bani 'Amir'', located in the ''[[Nahiya]]'' of Jabal Qubal of the ''[[Liwa (Arabic)|Liwa]]'' of [[Nablus Sanjak|Nablus]]. The population was 26 households, all [[Muslim]]. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives and a press for olive oil or grape syrup, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 10,114 [[akçe]].<ref>Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131</ref> Sherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here.<ref name=Finkelstein496/>


In the 18th and 19th centuries Zeita formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn, from which it derived the second part of its name. Situated between [[Dayr Ghassana|Dayr Ghassāna]] in the south and the present [[Highway 5 (Israel–Palestine)|Route 5]] in the north, and between [[Majdal Yaba|Majdal Yābā]] in the west and [[Jamma'in|Jammā‘īn]], [[Marda, Salfit|Mardā]] and [[Kifl Haris|Kifl Ḥāris]] in the east, this area served, according to historian [[Roy Marom]], "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the [[Jerusalem]] and the [[Nablus]] regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the [[Bedouin]] tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman authorities]]."<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022-11-01 |title=Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE |url=https://www.academia.edu/90931976/Jind%C4%81s_A_History_of_Lyddas_Rural_Hinterland_in_the_15th_to_the_20th_Centuries_CE |journal=Lod, Lydda, Diospolis |volume=1 |pages=17}}</ref>
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In 1838, [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]] noted it as a village, ''Zeita'', in the ''Jurat Merda'' district, south of Nablus.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/127/mode/1up 127]</ref>

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In 1838 [[Edward Robinson (scholar)|Edward Robinson]] noted it as a village, ''Zeita'', in the ''Jurat Merda'' district, south of Nablus.<ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/127/mode/1up 127]</ref>


In 1870 [[Victor Guérin]] noted it, situated on a hill lower than that of [[Jamma'in]]. It was also surrounded by plantations of olive and fig trees, and contained eight hundred inhabitants.<ref>Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n198/mode/1up 173]</ref>
In 1870 [[Victor Guérin]] noted it, situated on a hill lower than that of [[Jamma'in]]. It was also surrounded by plantations of olive and fig trees, and contained eight hundred inhabitants.<ref>Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n198/mode/1up 173]</ref>


In 1870/1871 (1288 [[Anno Hegirae|AH]]) an Ottoman census listed the village in the ''[[Nahiyah|nahiya]]'' (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=252}}</ref>
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In 1882, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund]]'s ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described Zeita as: "a small stone village, on high ground, with a [[Water well|well]] to the west, and olive groves."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/287/mode/1up 287]</ref>

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In 1882 the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s ''[[PEF Survey of Palestine|Survey of Western Palestine]]'' (SWP) described Zeita as: "a small stone village, on high ground, with a [[Water well|well]] to the west, and olive groves."<ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/287/mode/1up 287]</ref>

===British Mandate era===
===British Mandate era===
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]] conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Zeita had a population of 283 Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n27/mode/1up 25]</ref> increasing in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 404 Muslims and 1 Christian, in 113 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 66]</ref>
In the [[1922 census of Palestine]] conducted by the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate authorities]], Zeita had a population of 283 Muslims,<ref name="Census1922">Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n27/mode/1up 25]</ref> increasing in the [[1931 census of Palestine|1931 census]] to 404 Muslims and 1 Christian, in 113 houses.<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 66]</ref>
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===Jordanian era===
===Jordanian era===
In the wake of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and after the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], Zeita Jamma'in came under [[Jordan]]ian rule.
In the wake of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and after the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], Zeita Jamma'in came under [[Jordanian annexation of the West Bank|Jordanian rule]].


The [[Jordan]]ian census of 1961 found 708 inhabitants.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p25.pdf 25]</ref>
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 708 inhabitants.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p25.pdf 25]</ref>
===Post 1967===
===Post 1967===
After the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, Zeita Jamma'in came under [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli occupation]].
Since the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, Zeita Jamma'in has been under [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli occupation]].

After the [[Oslo II Accord|1995 accords]] 99.7 % of village land is declared to be [[Area B]] land, while 0.3 % is [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]].<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Zeita%20Jamma'in_vp_en.pdf Zeita Jamma’in Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 16</ref>
After the [[Oslo II Accord|1995 accords]] 99.7% of village land is declared to be [[Palestinian enclaves|Area B]] land, while 0.3% is [[Area C (West Bank)|Area C]].<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/nablus/pdfs/vprofile/Zeita%20Jamma'in_vp_en.pdf Zeita Jamma’in Village Profile], ARIJ, p. 16</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J.B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{cite book | editor =Barron, J.B. | title = Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 |url=https://archive.org/details/PalestineCensus1922 |publisher = Government of Palestine | year = 1923}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|author-link1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|author-link2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1882|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp02conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=2}}
*{{cite book | last= Dauphin |first = Claudine | title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =French|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}}
*{{cite book |last= Dauphin |first = C.|author-link= Claudine Dauphin| title = La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FC1mAAAAMAAJ |volume = III : Catalogue | series = BAR International Series 726 | year = 1998 | publisher = Archeopress | location = Oxford|language =fr|isbn= 0-860549-05-4}}
*{{cite book|editor1=Finkelstein, I. | editor1-link= Israel Finkelstein|editor2=Lederman, Zvi|year=1997|title=Highlands of many cultures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb4xmgEACAAJ |location=[[Tel Aviv]]|publisher= Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section| isbn = 965-440-007-3}}
*{{cite book|editor1=Finkelstein, I. | editor1-link= Israel Finkelstein|editor2=Lederman, Zvi|year=1997|title=Highlands of many cultures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wb4xmgEACAAJ |location=[[Tel Aviv]]|publisher= Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section| isbn = 965-440-007-3}}
*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945|publisher= }}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics, April, 1945 |url=http://web.nli.org.il/sites/nli/Hebrew/library/Pages/BookReader.aspx?pid=856390|author=Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics|year=1945}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr04gugoog|volume=2: Samarie, pt. 2|year=1875|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|author-link=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongogr04gugoog|volume=2: Samarie, pt. 2|year=1875|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=fr}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|authorlink=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
*{{cite book|title=Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine|url=http://www.palestineremembered.com/Articles/General-2/Story3150.html|first=S.|last=Hadawi|author-link=Sami Hadawi|year=1970|publisher=Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center}}
*{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=Wolf-Dieter |first2=Kamal | last2=Abdulfattah | title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
*{{cite book | last1= Hütteroth |first1=W.-D.|author-link1=Wolf-Dieter Hütteroth |first2=K. | last2=Abdulfattah |author-link2=Kamal Abdulfattah| title = Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=wqULAAAAIAAJ | year = 1977 | publisher = Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft|isbn= 3-920405-41-2}}
*{{cite book | editor = Mills, E. | title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
*{{cite book | editor = Mills, E. | title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=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|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|author-link=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=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|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|author-link1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|author-link2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
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This article is about the Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate. For other places, see Zeita (disambiguation).
Zeita Jamma'in
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicجمّاعين
 • LatinZayta Jamma'in (official)
Zeita (unofficial)
Zeita Jamma'in from the west
Zeita Jamma'in from the west
Zeita Jamma'in is located in State of Palestine
Zeita Jamma'in
Zeita Jamma'in
Location of Zeita Jamma'in within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°08′N 35°11′E / 32.133°N 35.183°E / 32.133; 35.183
Palestine grid167/171
StateState of Palestine (Limited Recognition)
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
2,740
Name meaningolive[2]

Zeita Jamma'in (Arabic: جمّاعين) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers southwest of Nablus. The village is located just north of Jamma'in, from which the village receives its name. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Zeita Jamma'in had a population of 2,740 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

Location

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Zeita Jamma’in is a 11.6 km southwest of Nablus. It is bordered by Jamma’in and ‘Asira al Qibliya to the east, Tell to the north, Deir Istiya to the west, Kifl Haris, Qira and Jamma’in to the south.[3]

History

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Potsherds, possibly from the Middle Bronze Age era was found, together with sherds from Iron Age I, and IA II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman,[4] Byzantine,[4][5] Umayyad, Abbasid, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras were found here.[4]

It has been suggested that Zeita corresponds to a place of the same name mentioned in the Samaritan chronicles.[6]

Ottoman era

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In 1517 the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and it appeared in the 1596 tax-records as Zayta Bani 'Amir, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 26 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives and a press for olive oil or grape syrup, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 10,114 akçe.[7] Sherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here.[4]

In the 18th and 19th centuries Zeita formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn, from which it derived the second part of its name. Situated between Dayr Ghassāna in the south and the present Route 5 in the north, and between Majdal Yābā in the west and Jammā‘īn, Mardā and Kifl Ḥāris in the east, this area served, according to historian Roy Marom, "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the Jerusalem and the Nablus regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the Bedouin tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman authorities."[8]

In 1838 Edward Robinson noted it as a village, Zeita, in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.[9]

In 1870 Victor Guérin noted it, situated on a hill lower than that of Jamma'in. It was also surrounded by plantations of olive and fig trees, and contained eight hundred inhabitants.[10]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH) an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus.[11]

In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Zeita as: "a small stone village, on high ground, with a well to the west, and olive groves."[12]

British Mandate era

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In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Zeita had a population of 283 Muslims,[13] increasing in the 1931 census to 404 Muslims and 1 Christian, in 113 houses.[14]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 510 Muslims,[15] while the total land area was 12,887 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[16] Of this, 2,429 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 4,277 for cereals,[17] while 43 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[18]

Jordanian era

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In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Zeita Jamma'in came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 708 inhabitants.[19]

Post 1967

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Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Zeita Jamma'in has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords 99.7% of village land is declared to be Area B land, while 0.3% is Area C.[20]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 250
  3. ^ Zeita Jamma’in Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. ^ a b c d Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 496
  5. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 805
  6. ^ Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 496, citing Safrai (1986)
  7. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 131
  8. ^ Marom, Roy (2022-11-01). "Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE". Lod, Lydda, Diospolis. 1: 17.
  9. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 127
  10. ^ Guérin, 1875, p. 173
  11. ^ Grossman, David (2004). Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine. Jerusalem: Magnes Press. p. 252.
  12. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1881, SWP II, p. 287
  13. ^ Barron, 1923, Table IX, p. 25
  14. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 66
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 19
  16. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 61
  17. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 108
  18. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 158
  19. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  20. ^ Zeita Jamma’in Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 16

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