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Deir Sammit
Deir Sammit
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	دير سامت
	Deir Sammit Location of Deir Sammit within Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°31′22″N 34°58′27″E / 31.52278°N 34.97417°E
Palestine grid	148/103
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population (2017)
• Total	8,114
Name meaning	Kh. Deir Sâmat, the ruin of the monastery of the silent man

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Deir Sammit (Arabic: دير سامت) is a Palestinian town located eight kilometers west of Hebron. The town is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 8,114 in 2017.^[1]

History

An amulet composed of a very thin copper sheet with a Christian Palestinian Aramaic inscription was discovered at Deir Sammit.^[3]

Ottoman period

In the early tax registers from the 1500s in the Ottoman Empire, Deir Sammit was noted as being cultivated^[4] by the villagers of Suba.^[5]

In 1838, it was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted," part of the area between Hebron and Gaza, but under the jurisdiction of Hebron.^[6]^[7]

In 1863, Victor Guérin called the place Khirbet Deir Samit.^[8]

In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Palestine noted "traces of ruins, caves, and cisterns" here.^[9]

British Mandate era

At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine the population of Deir Samit was counted under Dura.^[10]

Modern era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Deir Sammit came under Jordanian rule. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 808 inhabitants in Deir Sammit.^[11]

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir Sammit has been under Israeli occupation. Since 1995, it has been governed by the Palestinian National Authority as part of Area B of the West Bank.

Demography

The residents of Deir Samit belong to four main families: Al-Haroub, Al-Sharowna, Al-Sharha', and the Al'Awawdh family.^[12] The local Haribat (Haroub) clan has its origins in Bedouins who migrated from Tubas.^[13]

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 398
^ Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad. Vol. IV: Iudaea / Idumaea. Eran Lupu, Marfa Heimbach, Naomi Schneider, Hannah Cotton. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2018. pp. 1329–1333. ISBN 978-3-11-022219-7. OCLC 663773367.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^ Toledano, 1984, p. 302. Toledano gives its location as 31°31′20″N 34°58′05″E
^ Toledano, 1984, p. 282
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 117
^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 10
^ Guérin, 1869, pp. 344-345: "...au milieu des débris d'une petite ville détruite, qui me sont indiqués sous le nom de Khirbet Deir Samit, [], ou peut-être Samith.
La place que cette ville occupait sur les pentes et sur le sommet d'une colline est maintenant couverte de nombreux amas de grosses pierres, soit taillées avec soin, soit presque brutes. Les citernes et les silos y abondent. Plusieurs excavations, qui paraissent être d'anciennes carrières, servent aujourd'hui de refuge aux bergers et à leurs troupeaux, pendant la mauvaise saison."
^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 353
^ Mills, 1932, p. 29
^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22
^ Deir Samit village profile, ARIJ, 2009
^ Grossman, D. (1994). Expansion and Desertion: the Arab Village and its Offshoots in Ottoman Palestine (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi. p. 222.

Bibliography

Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. 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).
Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
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. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
Toledano, E. (1984). "The Sanjaq of Jerusalem in the Sixteenth Century: Aspects of Topography and Population". Archivum Ottomanicum. 9: 279–319.

External links

Welcome to Dayr Samit
Deir Samet, Welcome to Palestine
Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
Deir Samit Village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Deir Samit village profile, ARIJ
Deir Samit aerial photo, ARIJ
The priorities and needs for development in Deir Samit village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ
Constructing the Segregation Wall are in Deir Samit village – Hebron, September 23, 2004, POICA

[PrelimCensus2017-1] Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[2] Palmer, 1881, p. 398

[3] Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad. Vol. IV: Iudaea / Idumaea. Eran Lupu, Marfa Heimbach, Naomi Schneider, Hannah Cotton. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2018. pp. 1329–1333. ISBN 978-3-11-022219-7. OCLC 663773367.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

[4] Toledano, 1984, p. 302. Toledano gives its location as 31°31′20″N 34°58′05″E

[5] Toledano, 1984, p. 282

[Robinson117-6] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 117

[7] Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p. 10

[8] Guérin, 1869, pp. 344-345: "...au milieu des débris d'une petite ville détruite, qui me sont indiqués sous le nom de Khirbet Deir Samit, [], ou peut-être Samith.
La place que cette ville occupait sur les pentes et sur le sommet d'une colline est maintenant couverte de nombreux amas de grosses pierres, soit taillées avec soin, soit presque brutes. Les citernes et les silos y abondent. Plusieurs excavations, qui paraissent être d'anciennes carrières, servent aujourd'hui de refuge aux bergers et à leurs troupeaux, pendant la mauvaise saison."

[SWP353-9] Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 353

[Census1931-10] Mills, 1932, p. 29

[11] Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 22

[12] Deir Samit village profile, ARIJ, 2009

[:0-13] Grossman, D. (1994). Expansion and Desertion: the Arab Village and its Offshoots in Ottoman Palestine (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi. p. 222.

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-'''Deir Sammit''' ({{lang-ar|دير سامت}}) is an Arab settlement located eight kilometers west of [[Hebron]].The town is in the [[Hebron Governorate]] Southern [[West Bank]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], the town had a population of over 6,237 in 2007.<ref>[http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_PCBS/Downloads/book1487.pdf 2007 PCBS Census] [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]]. p.119.</ref>
+'''Deir Sammit''' ({{lang-ar|دير سامت}}) is a [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] town located eight kilometers west of [[Hebron]]. The town is in the [[Hebron Governorate]] Southern [[West Bank]]. According to the [[Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics]], the town had a population of 8,114 in 2017.<ref name="PrelimCensus2017" />
-The international community considers Arabian settlements in Judea illegal under international law, but the Muslims dispute this.
+==History==
+An [[amulet]] composed of a very thin copper sheet with a [[Christian Palestinian Aramaic]] inscription was discovered at Deir Sammit.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/663773367 |title=Corpus inscriptionum Iudaeae/Palaestinae: a multi-lingual corpus of the inscriptions from Alexander to Muhammad |date= |publisher=[[de Gruyter]] |others=Eran Lupu, Marfa Heimbach, Naomi Schneider, Hannah Cotton |year=2018 |isbn=978-3-11-022219-7 |volume=IV: Iudaea / Idumaea |location=Berlin |pages=1329–1333 |oclc=663773367}}</ref>
+=== Ottoman period ===
+In the early [[Defter|tax registers]] from the 1500s in the [[Ottoman Empire]],  Deir Sammit was noted as being cultivated<ref>Toledano, 1984, p. 302.  Toledano gives its location as 31°31′20″N 34°58′05″E</ref> by the villagers of [[Suba, Jerusalem|Suba]].<ref>Toledano, 1984, p. 282</ref>
+In 1838, it was noted as a place "in ruins or deserted," part of the area between Hebron and Gaza, but under the jurisdiction of Hebron.<ref name=Robinson117>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p.  [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/117/mode/1up 117]</ref><ref>Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p.  [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/n27/mode/1up 10]</ref>
+In 1863, [[Victor Guérin]] called the place ''Khirbet Deir Samit.''<ref>Guérin, 1869, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongog02gu#page/344/mode/1up 344]-345: "...au milieu des débris d'une petite ville détruite, qui me sont indiqués sous le nom de Khirbet Deir Samit, [], ou peut-être Samith.<br/>
+La place que cette ville occupait sur les pentes et sur le sommet d'une colline est maintenant couverte de nombreux amas de grosses pierres, soit taillées avec soin, soit presque brutes. Les citernes et les silos y abondent. Plusieurs excavations, qui paraissent être d'anciennes carrières, servent aujourd'hui de refuge aux bergers et à leurs troupeaux, pendant la mauvaise saison."</ref>
+In 1883, the [[Palestine Exploration Fund|PEF]]'s [[PEF Survey of Palestine|Survey of Palestine]]  noted "traces of ruins, caves, and [[cistern]]s" here.<ref name=SWP353>Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp03conduoft#page/353/mode/1up 353]</ref>
+===British Mandate era===
+At the time of the [[1931 census of Palestine]] the population of Deir Samit was counted under [[Dura, Hebron|Dura]].<ref name="Census1931">Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas  29]</ref>
+===Modern era===
+In the wake of the [[1948 Arab–Israeli War]], and after the [[1949 Armistice Agreements]], Deir Sammit came under [[Jordan]]ian rule.  The Jordanian census of 1961 found 808 inhabitants in  Deir Sammit.<ref>Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p22.pdf 22]</ref>
+After the [[Six-Day War]] in 1967, Deir Sammit has been under [[Israeli occupation of the West Bank|Israeli occupation]]. Since 1995, it has been governed by the [[Palestinian National Authority]] as part of [[Palestinian enclaves|Area B of the West Bank]].
+== Demography ==
+The residents of Deir Samit belong to four main families: Al-Haroub, Al-Sharowna, Al-Sharha', and the Al'Awawdh family.<ref>[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/Deir%20Samit_pr_en.pdf Deir Samit village profile], ARIJ, 2009</ref> The local Haribat (Haroub) clan has its origins in [[Bedouin|Bedouins]] who migrated from [[Tubas (city)|Tubas]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=D. |title=Expansion and Desertion: the Arab Village and its Offshoots in Ottoman Palestine |publisher=Yad Izhak Ben-Zvi |year=1994 |location=Jerusalem |pages=222 |language=he}}</ref>
 ==Footnotes==
-{{Reflist}}
+{{reflist|25em}}
+==Bibliography==
+{{refbegin}}
+*{{cite book|last1=Conder|first1=C.R.|authorlink1=Claude Reignier Conder|last2=Kitchener|first2=H.H.|authorlink2=Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener|year=1883|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp03conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology|location=London|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]|volume=3}}
+*{{cite book | title = First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population | author = Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics | year = 1964|url=http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensus1961bits.pdf}}
+*{{cite book|last=Guérin|first=V.|authorlink=Victor Guérin|title=Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine|url=https://archive.org/details/descriptiongog02gu|volume=1: Judee, pt. 2|year=1869|publisher= L'Imprimerie Nationale|location=Paris|language=French}}
+*{{cite book|editor = Mills, E.|title = Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas |url=https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas | publisher = Government of Palestine | location = Jerusalem | year = 1932}}
+*{{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=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|publisher=[[Palestine Exploration Fund|Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund]]}}
+*{{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=https://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838|  location=Boston|publisher=[[Crocker & Brewster]]|volume=3}}
+*{{cite journal|last=Toledano |first=E. |authorlink=Ehud R. Toledano   |title=The Sanjaq of Jerusalem in the Sixteenth Century: Aspects of Topography and Population |url=http://alkindi.ideo-cairo.org/manifestation/61348|journal =Archivum Ottomanicum|volume=9|pages=279–319 |date=1984}}
+{{refend}}
 ==External links==
+{{commons category}}
-*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/Deir%20Samit.pdf Deir Samit Village (Fact Sheet)]
+*[http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Dayr_Samit_2094/index.html Welcome to Dayr Samit]
-*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/Deir%20Samit_pr_en.pdf Deir Samit Village Profile]
+*[https://www.welcometopalestine.com/destinations/hebron/deir-samet/ Deir Samet], Welcome to Palestine
-*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/images/Deir%20Samit%20Areal%20Photo.jpg  Deir Samit  Areal photo]
+*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21:   [http://www.iaa-archives.org.il/zoom/zoom.aspx?folder_id=93&type_id=6&id=8383  IAA], [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Survey_of_Western_Palestine_1880.21.jpg Wikimedia commons]
-*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Deir%20Samit_vp_en.pdf The priorities and needs for development in Deir Samit village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment]
+*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/Deir%20Samit.pdf Deir Samit Village (fact sheet)],  [[Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem]] (ARIJ)
+*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/Deir%20Samit_pr_en.pdf Deir Samit village profile], ARIJ
+*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/images/Deir%20Samit%20Areal%20Photo.jpg  Deir Samit  aerial photo], ARIJ
+*[http://vprofile.arij.org/hebron/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Deir%20Samit_vp_en.pdf The priorities and needs for development in Deir Samit village based on the community and local authorities' assessment], ARIJ
+*[http://poica.org/2004/09/constructing-the-segregation-wall-are-in-deir-samit-village-hebron/  Constructing the Segregation Wall are in Deir Samit village – Hebron], September 23, 2004, POICA
 {{Hebron Governorate}}
+{{Authority control}}
-{{Palestine-geo-stub}}
 [[Category:Towns in the West Bank]]
 [[Category:Hebron Governorate]]
+[[Category:Municipalities of the State of Palestine]]

v t e Hebron Governorate
Cities	Bani Na'im ad-Dhahiriya Dura Halhul Hebron (al-Khalil) (incl: Arab al-Fureijat • al-Baqa • Al Bowereh • Qalqas • Qla'a Zeta • Wadi al Hussein) Idna Sa'ir (incl: ad-Duwwara • al-Uddeisa • Beit Einun • Kuziba) as-Samu (incl: Khirbat al-Simia) Tarqumiyah Yatta
Towns	Beit Awwa Beit Kahil Beit Ula (Qila) Beit Ummar (Jala * Khirbet Safa) Deir Sammit Kharas Nuba ash-Shuyukh (Hamrush) Surif (Khirbet al-Deir) Taffuh
Villages	Anab al-Kabir Arab al-Ka'abneh Beit 'Amra Beit Maqdum Beit ar-Rush al-Tahta al-Burj (Beit Mirsim • Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa) al-Buweib Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa Deir al-'Asal al-Tahta Deir Razih ad-Deirat Fuqeiqis Hadab al-Alaqa Hadab al-Fawwar al-Heila Hitta Hureiz Imneizil Imreish Jala Karma al-Karmil Khallet Edar Khallet al-Aqed Khalet al-Maiyya (at-Tabaqa • Umm Lasafa • Wadi Ubeid) Khallet al-Masafer Khashem al-Daraj Khallet Salih Kheroshewesh Wal Hadedeyah Khirbet Salama Khirbet Zanuta Khursa al-Kum Kurza Kuseis Ma'in al-Majd Marah al-Baqqar Masafer Yatta an-Najada Rabud al-Ramadin ar-Rihiya Sahel Wadi Elma Sikka Shuyukh al-Arrub as-Sura Susya Tarrama at-Tuwani Umm Ashoqan Umm al-Butm Umm al-Khair Wadi al-Amayer Wadi al-Kilab Wadi ash-Shajina Zif
Refugee camps	al-Arroub Fawwar