al-Nuway'imah (Arabic: النويعمه) is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley. The village contains one primary and secondary school.[3]
an-Nuway'imah | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | النويعمه |
| • Latin | an-Nuwei'ma (official) al-Nuwayimah (unofficial) |
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  an-Nuway'imah Location of an-Nuway'imah within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′23″N 35°26′40″E / 31.88972°N 35.44444°E | |
| Palestine grid | 190/144 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jericho |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52,600 dunams (52.6 km2 or 20.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,794 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Ain en Nueiameh=The spring of the soft soil[2] |
History
editAn-Nuway'imah, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village was located in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. The population was 33 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, water buffaloes, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 5,800 akçe.[4][5]
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted the spring and the aqueduct at An-Nuway'imah.[6]
British Mandate era
editIn the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Nweimeh, together with Al-Auja and ad-Duyuk had a population of 332; 322 Muslims and 10 Christians,[7] where the Christians were 7 Orthodox, and 3 Syrian Catholic.[8]
In the 1931 census Nu'eima had a population of 179 Muslims, in 43 houses.[9]
In the 1945 statistics, the village's population was 240 Muslims[10] and it had jurisdiction over 52,600 dunams of land.[11] Of this, 117 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 1,157 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 728 for cereals,[12] while a total of 50,614 dunams were non-cultivable areas.[13]
Jordanian era
editIn the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, An-Nuway'imah came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.
Post-1967
editSince the Six-Day War in 1967, An-Nuway'imah has been under Israeli occupation.
In 1979, Israel confiscated 5,048 dunams of land from the village, in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Na'omi.[14]
After the 1995 accords, 12.5% of the land of An Nuwei’ma was classified as Area A, the remaining 87.5% as Area C.[14]
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,170 in mid-year 2006.[15]
An-Nuway'imah is one of the few villages in the Jordan Valley that has access to spring water. The nearby spring is key to the economy of the village, as it relies on agriculture as a main source of income and food. The most widely-grown crops are bananas and vegetables. Previously, the water from Wadi Nuway'imah was channeled through open pipes which were vulnerable to contamination and water loss but the American Near East Refugee Aid has undergone a $233,000 project to protect the pipes. Today, the spring channels water to the village through enclosed and buried pipes and is used for multiple purposes.[16]
References
edit- ^ 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. 339
- ^ al-Nuway'imah (in Arabic)
- ^ Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 121
- ^ Toledano, 1984, p. 297, has Nuway'ima at location 31°53′50″N 35°24′45″E
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp. 171, 179, 206
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Jericho, p. 19
- ^ Barron, 1923, Table XIV, p. 45
- ^ Mills, 1932, p. 45
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 25
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 57 Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 103 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 153 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 18
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jericho Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
- ^ Water in the Desert Archived 2008-05-16 at the Wayback Machine American Near East Refugee Aid.
Bibliography
edit- Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- 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 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 2015-02-14.
- Hütteroth, W.-D.; Abdulfattah, K. (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2.
- 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.
- Toledano, E. (1984). "The Sanjaq of Jerusalem in the Sixteenth Century: Aspects of Topography and Population". Archivum Ottomanicum. 9: 279–319.
External links
edit- Welcome To al-Nuway'imah
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 18: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- An Nuwei'ma and 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
- An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa Town Profile, ARIJ
- An Nuwei'ma & 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in An Nuwei'ma and 'Ein ad Duyuk al Foqa, ARIJ
