Yasid
| Yasid | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ياصيد |
  Yasid Location of Yasid within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′47.65″N 35°16′39.61″E / 32.2965694°N 35.2776694°ECoordinates: 32°17′47.65″N 35°16′39.61″E / 32.2965694°N 35.2776694°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,291 |
Yasid (Arabic: ياصيد) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 15 kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,291 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
History
According to the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, Yasid had 67 occupied houses and a population of 369 Muslims and 3 Christians.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 158)
- Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. ISBN 0-860549-05-4. (p. 763)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 126)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- 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. (p. 196)
External links
- Welcome To Yasid
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Yasid, aerial photo, ARIJ
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