Aboud

Aboud (Arabic: عابود‎, `Ābūd) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, Palestinian territories, about 22 kilometers northwest of Ramallah and 30 kilometers north of Jerusalem. Other nearby towns include al-Lubban to the northeast and Bani Zeid to the northwest. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,084 inhabitants in 2007. It has a mixed population of Christians and Muslims. Near the village are a large number of natural springs which are sources for the Yarkon River.

History

There is evidence that the village was inhabited during the Roman, Byzantine, Crusader, Ayyubid, Mamluk and Ottoman eras.

Medieval era

During Fatimid, in 1030, a monk from Aboud named Elias copied Syriac manuscripts in Antioch, and later returned to Aboud and founded the Deir al-Kaukab monastery near the village. A Palestinian-Syriac inscription in the St. Mary Church in Aboud indicate that the church existed in the village by at least 1058, also during Fatimid rule.

Aboudé

Aboudé is a town in southern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Agboville Department in Agnéby-Tiassa Region, Lagunes District.

Aboudé was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished.

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