Tura al-Gharbiya

Tura al Gharbiya
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	طوره الغربيه
Tura al Gharbiya, in the distance
Tura al Gharbiya Location of Tura al Gharbiya within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°28′06.68″N 35°09′06.66″E / 32.4685222°N 35.1518500°E / 32.4685222; 35.1518500Coordinates: 32°28′06.68″N 35°09′06.66″E / 32.4685222°N 35.1518500°E / 32.4685222; 35.1518500
Governorate	Jenin
Government
• Type	Village council
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	1,110

Tura al Gharbiya (Arabic: طوره الغربيه‎‎) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 14 kilometers West of Jenin close to the separation barrier. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 1,110 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.^[1] The healthcare facilities for the surrounding villages are based in Tura al Gharbiya, the facilities are designated as MOH level 1.^[2]

History

In the 1945 census, during the British Mandate era, Khirbat Tura el Gharbiya was counted with Barta'a, and together they had a population of 1,000 Muslims^[3] with 20,499 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.^[4] 464 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,957 dunams for cereals,^[5] while 1,900 dunams were non-cultivable land.^[6]

References

↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
↑ Health care Facilities Jenin Governorate
↑ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16
↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54
↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98
↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148

Bibliography

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.

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Jenin Governorate

Cities	Jenin Qabatiya

Municipalities	Arraba (Wadi Da'quq • al-Mansura) Burqin Jaba' (al-Asa'asa) Kafr Ra'i Meithalun Silat ad-Dhahr Silat al-Harithiya Ya'bad al-Yamun (Khirbet Suruj) Zababdeh

Villages	Ajjah 'Aba 'Anin Anzah Araqah Arrabuna Arranah al-Attara Barta'a ash-Sharqiyah Bir al-Basha Beit Qad Dahiyat Sabah al-Kheir Deir Abu Da'if Deir Ghazaleh Dhaher al-Abed Dhaher al-Malih Fahma Fahma al-Jadida Fandaqumiya Faqqua al-Hashimiya Imreiha Jalamah Jalbun Jalqamus al-Judeida Kafr Dan Kafr Qud Kufeir Kufeirit Khirbet Abdallah al-Yunis Khirbet Masud Khirbet Suruj al-Khuljan al-Manshiyya al-Mansura Mirka Misilyah al-Mughayyir (al-Mutilla) Nazlet Zeid Raba Rama Rummanah Sanur ash-Shuhada Sir Siris at-Tarem at-Tayba (as-Saaida) Telfit Ti'inik Tura al-Gharbiya Tura al-Sharqiya Umm Dar Umm ar-Rihan Umm at-Tut Wadi al-Dabi Zabda Zawiya Zububa

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