Ras Atiya

Ras Atiya (Arabic: رأس عطيّه‎; Hebrew: ראס עטיה‎) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 27 km south of Tulkarm and 11 km south of Qalqiliya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 1,599 inhabitants in 2006.[3]

Ras Atiya
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicرأس عطيّه
خربة رأس عطيّه
 • LatinRas Atiya (official)
Khirbat Ras Atiya (unofficial)
Map of the path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves
Ras Atiya
Location of Ras Atiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°09′31.32″N 34°59′26.89″E
Palestine grid149/174
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateQalqilya
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,599
Name meaningRâs ’Atîyeh: "The hill-top of ’Ata"[1]
Kh. Ras et Tireh: "The ruin of the hill-top of the fort of Tireh"[2]

Location

Ras ‘Atiya (including Ras at Tira and Wadi ar Rasha) is located 4-5 km south of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the east, Ad Dab’a to the east and south, ‘Izbat Jalud and Al Mudawwar to the south, Habla to the west, and An Nabi Elyas and ‘Arab Abu Farda to the north.[4]

History

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Ras et Tireh: "walls and cisterns."[5]

Jordanian era

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

In 1961, the population was 224.[6]

Post-1967

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

After the 1995 accords, 32.2 % of Ras 'Atiya land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 67.8 % is Area C.[7] Under the same accord, 5% of Ras al-Tira land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 95 % is Area C,[7] while 100% of Wadi ar Rasha land is Area C,[7]

Israel has confiscated 51 dunams of land from Ras at Tira in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe.[8]

Ras Atiya (Khirbet Ras 'Atiye) 1942 1:20,000 (bottom right)

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 240
  2. Palmer, 1881, p. 236
  3. Projected Mid -Year Population for Qalqiliya Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities), ARIJ, p. 4
  5. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 355
  6. Government of Jordan, 1964, p. 27
  7. Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities), ARIJ, p. 17
  8. Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities), ARIJ, p. 18

Bibliography
  • 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.
  • Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).
  • 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.
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