Deir as-Sudan

Deir as-Sudan
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicدير السودان
Deir as-Sudan
Deir as-Sudan
Deir as-Sudan is located in State of Palestine
Deir as-Sudan
Deir as-Sudan
Location of Deir as-Sudan within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°01′59″N 35°08′54″E / 32.03306°N 35.14833°E / 32.03306; 35.14833
Palestine grid164/160
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,159
Name meaning"The monastery of the negroes"[2]

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

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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

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Ceramic sherds from the Byzantine,[4] Crusader/Ayyubid[5] and Mamluk[5] eras have been found here.

Ottoman era

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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 of Quds of the Liwa of 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] Pottery from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[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 (SWP) described 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

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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] increasing in the 1931 census to 243 Muslims, in 53 houses.[13]

In the 1945 statistics the population of Deir es Sudan was 280 Muslims,[14] with 4,498 dunams (4.5 km2; 1.7 sq mi) of land under their jurisdiction, according to an official land and population survey.[15] Of this, 2,416 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 841 were for cereals,[16] while 15 dunams (1.5 ha; 3.7 acres) were built-up (urban) land.[17]

Jordanian era

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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

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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

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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. 229
  3. ^ Deir as Sudan village profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  4. ^ Dauphin, 1998, p. 823
  5. ^ a b c Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 455
  6. ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 116
  7. ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
  8. ^ Socin, 1879, p. 152 It was also noted to be in the Beni Zeid district.
  9. ^ Hartmann, 1883, p. 107; also noted 22 houses
  10. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 290
  11. ^ Schick, 1896, p. 124
  12. ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. 16
  13. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 49
  14. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26
  15. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 64
  16. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 112
  17. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 162
  18. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24
  19. ^ Deir as Sudan village profile, ARIJ, p. 16

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