Abu Qash

Abu Qash
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic ابو قش
 • Also spelled Abu Qash (official)
Abu Qashsh (unofficial)
Abu Qash
Location of Abu Qash within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°57′04″N 35°11′03″E / 31.95111°N 35.18417°E / 31.95111; 35.18417Coordinates: 31°57′04″N 35°11′03″E / 31.95111°N 35.18417°E / 31.95111; 35.18417
Palestine grid 167/150
Governorate Ramallah & al-Bireh
Government
 • Type Municipality
Population (2006)
 • Jurisdiction 1,404
Name meaning the father of Kǔsh (a bucket)[1]

Abu Qash (Arabic: ابو قش‎) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, located north of Ramallah and south of the Birzeit University. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,404 in 2007.[2]

Location

Abu Qash is located 5.3 kilometers (3.3 mi) north of Ramallah. It is bordered by Surda and Jifna to the east, Bir Zeit to the north, Al-Zaytouneh and Ramallah to the west, and by Ramallah and Surda to the south.[3]

History

Two tombs, dating to the Byzantine era have been located here.[4]

Sherds from the Byzantine and Mamluk eras have been found here.[4]

Ottoman era

Sherds from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.[4] In 1838 it was noted by Edward Robinson as a Muslim village, Abu Kush, in Beni Harith district, north of Jerusalem.[5]

In 1863 Victor Guérin noted it as "A hamlet of about twenty houses, situated on a high hill, the slopes of which are partly covered with vines, olive trees and fig trees."[6]

An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated that the village had 25 houses and a population of 78, though the population count included men, only. It was further noted that it was located just West of Surda.[7][8]

In 1882 the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Abu Kush as: "a very small hamlet, with a well on the north, on an ancient road, with a few olives near."[9]

In 1896 the population of Abu Kusch was estimated to be about 204 persons.[10]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the population of Abu Qash was 171 Muslims,[11] increasing in the 1931 census to 246 inhabitants, in 49 houses.[12]

In the 1945 statistics Abu Qash had a population of 300 Muslims,[13] and a total land area of 4,751 dunams.[14] 1,166 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,447 were for cereals,[15] while 42 dunams were built-up areas.[16]

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Abu Qash came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 510.[17]

Post-1967

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Abu Qash has been under Israeli occupation.

99.8% of Abu Qash land is defined as Area B land, while the remaining 0.2% is defined as Area C.[18]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 221
  2. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.
  3. ↑ Abu Qash Village profile, ARIJ, p. 5
  4. 1 2 3 Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 411
  5. ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124
  6. ↑ Guérin, 1869, p. 34
  7. ↑ Socin, 1879, p. 149 It was noted to be in the Beni Harit district
  8. ↑ Hartmann, 1883, p. 126 also noted 25 houses
  9. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 293
  10. ↑ Schick, 1896, p. 123 Note that Schick mistakenly writes that it was missed in the Socin list.
  11. ↑ Barron, 1922, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramalllah, p. 16
  12. ↑ Mills, 1932, p.47
  13. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26
  14. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 64.
  15. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 111
  16. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 161
  17. ↑ Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 24
  18. ↑ Abu Qash Village profile, ARIJ, p. 17

Bibliography

  • Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
  • Conder, C.R.; 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.
  • 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.
  • Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: 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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