Misilyah

Misilyah
Panoramic view of Misilyah
Administration :	Palestinian Territories
Governorate :	Jenin
Coordinates :	32 ° 23 '  N , 35 ° 17'  E Coordinates: 32 ° 23 '12 "  N , 35 ° 17' 17"  E
Height :	500 m
Residents :	2,600 (2006)
Community type:	Village
Misilyah

Olive grove in Misilyah

Misilyah ( Arabic مسلية) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank , 14 kilometers south of the city of Jenin . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,252 in mid-2006. Misilya's main agricultural products are olives, grapes, figs and vegetables. Roman , Byzantine , Egyptian and Islamic ruins have been found in the village .

history

Ottoman era (1517-1920)

In 1870 Victor Guérin wrote : "Misilyah sits on the northern slopes of a hill, which is planted with magnificent olive trees, at the bottom of which is a fertile and well-manicured plain."

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund 's Survey of Western Palestine described Meselieh : "A small village with a detached part to the north and on a slope, with a hill to the south surrounded by beautiful olive groves, with an open valley called Wady El Melek ('the Königstal') on the northern side. The water supply is ensured by cisterns , many of which were built some time ago. They are mainly supplied with rainwater. "

British era (1920-1948)

According to the 1922 census carried out by the British Mandate Government, Meselayyeh had a population of 190. According to the 1931 census, the number increased to 222 inhabitants in 49 houses within nine years.

In 1945 the number increased to 330 inhabitants. The total arable area was 9,038  dunams . 2,683 dunams were used for growing trees, while 2,592 dunams were used for growing grain, 23 dunams were used for building houses.

Jordanian Era (1948-1967)

As a result of the Palestine War in 1948, Misilyah was ruled by Jordan .

After 1967

After the Six Day War , Misilyah came under Israeli occupation.

climate

Monthly average temperatures and rainfall for Misilyah Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Max. Temperature ( ° C ) 15th 18th 22nd 29 37 43 43 42 39 34 25th 18th O 30.5 Min. Temperature (° C) 6th 8th 9 12 15th 20th 22nd 23 20th 17th 12 7th O 14.3 Precipitation ( mm ) 130 61 49 17th 14th 1 1 1 1 14th 84 94 Σ 467 T e m p e r a t u r 15th 6th 18th 8th 22nd 9 29 12 37 15th 43 20th 43 22nd 42 23 39 20th 34 17th 25th 12 18th 7th Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec N i e d e r s c h l a g 130 61 49 17th 14th 1 1 1 1 14th 84 94   Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Source:

Individual evidence

1. ^ Projected Mid-Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004-2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2. ↑ Guérin, 1874, p. 344
3. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp. 156 -157
4. ^ Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
5. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 69
6. ^ Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16
7. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 ( Memento of the original from February 29, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 99
9. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 149
10. ↑ NASA Earth Observations: Rainfall (1 month - TRMM)

literature

• Barron, JB (Ed.): Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 . Government of Palestine, 1923.
• Conder, CR : Meselieh . In: Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund . 13, 1881, pp  194 -195.
• Claude Reignier Conder , HH Kitchener: The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archeology , Volume 2. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund , London 1882.
• Claude Reignier Conder , HH Kitchener: The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archeology , Volume 3. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund , London 1883.
• Department of Statistics: Village Statistics, April, 1945 . Government of Palestine, 1945.
• Victor Guérin : Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine ( French ), Volume 2: Samarie, pt. 1. L'Imprimerie Nationale, Paris 1874.
• Sami Hadawi : Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine . Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center, 1970.
• Mills, E. (Ed.): Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas . Government of Palestine, Jerusalem 1932.
• EH Palmer : The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, RE Transliterated and Explained by EH Palmer . Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund , 1881.

Web links

• Welcome to Misilya , Palestine remembered
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA , Wikimedia commons