al-Uddeisa

al-Uddeisa
Other transcription(s)
al-Uddeisa Location of al-Uddeisa within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°32′35.31″N 35°08′35.68″E / 31.5431417°N 35.1432444°ECoordinates: 31°32′35.31″N 35°08′35.68″E / 31.5431417°N 35.1432444°E
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Village council
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	1,474

al-Uddeisa (Arabic: ‎‎), also spelled Al 'Uddeisa, is a Palestinian village located four kilometers east of Hebron.The village is a locality of Sa'ir, in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,474 in mid-year 2006.^[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.^[2]

History

In 1883 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found there "foundations, pillar-shafts and a large vaulted cistern.^[3] At the time, it was named Khurbet al Addeisiyeh, meaning "The ruin of the lentil-fields".^[4]

References

1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2. West Bank Health care
3. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 347
4. Palmer, 1881, p. 397

Bibliography

• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
• 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.

External links

• SWP map 21
• Al-Uddeisa, part of Sa'ir,