An-Nazla al-Wusta (Arabic: النزله الوسطه) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 17 kilometers North-east of Tulkarm.
an-Nazla al-Wusta | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | النزله الوسطه |
  an-Nazla al-Wusta Location of an-Nazla al-Wusta within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′31″N 35°05′46″E / 32.40861°N 35.09611°E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/201 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 437 |
| Name meaning | The middle settlement[2] |
History
Ottoman era
Pottery remains from the Ottoman era have been found here.[3]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Nuzlet el Wusta as a hamlet smaller than Nuzlet et Tinat, and located "on a spur, with a few trees."[4]
British Mandate era
In the 1945 statistics the population of Nazla el Wusta was 60 Muslims,[5] with 1,609 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[6] Of this, 264 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 428 were used for cereals,[7] while 2 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[8]
an-Nazla al-Wusta 1942 1:20,000
an-Nazla al-Wusta 1945 1:250,000
Jordanian era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, An-Nazla al-Wusta came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population of Nazla Wusta was 128.[9]
Post 1967
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, An-Nazla al-Wusta has been under Israeli occupation.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an-Nazla al-Wusta had a population of approximately 437 inhabitants in 2017.[1] 38.7% of the population of an-Nazla al-Wusta were refugees in 1997.[10] The healthcare facilities for an-Nazla al-Wusta are based in an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.[11]
References
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. Vol. 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).
- Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
- Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- 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.
- Zertal, A. (2016). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey. Vol. 3. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 978-9004312302.
External links
- Welcome To al-Nazla al-Wusta
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
