Deir Sammit
Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority muni 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 over 6,237 in 2007.[1]
History
In the early tax registers from the 1500s in the Ottoman Empire, Deir Sammit was noted as being cultivated.[2]
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.[3]
In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine noted "traces of ruins, caves, and cisterns" here.[4]
British Mandate era
At the time of the 1931 census of Palestine the population of Deir Samit was counted under Dura.[5]
Modern era
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Deir Sammit came under Jordanian rule.
After the Six-Day War, Deir Sammit has been under Israeli occupation.
Footnotes
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.
- ^ Toledano, 1984, p. 302. Toledano gives its location as 31°31′20″N 34°58′05″E
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 117
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 353
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 29
Bibliography
- Conder, Claude Reignier; 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.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). 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, Edward; Smith, Eli (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
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Deir Samit Village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Deir Samit village profile, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Deir Samit aerial photo, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- The priorities and needs for development in Deir Samit village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- Constructing the Segregation Wall are in Deir Samit village – Hebron, September 23, 2004, POICA
