Deir Abu Da'if
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Deir Abu Da'if | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير ابو ضعيف |
  Deir Abu Da'if Location of Deir Abu Da'if within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°27′21″N 35°21′57″E / 32.45583°N 35.36583°E | |
| Palestine grid | 184/206 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 7,045 |
| Name meaning | The convent of Abu Daif, p. n.=father of the weak, or lean one[2] |
Deir Abu Da'if (Arabic: دير ابو ضعيف) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 6 km east of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,293 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 7,045 in 2017.[1][3]
Ottoman era
The village, not mentioned in 16th century tax records, was likely established in the modern era, with its settlers coming from Hebron.[4]
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[5]
The nearby village of 'Abba, deserted after the 16th century, is now settled by people from Deir Abu Daif.[4]
In 1838, Edward Robinson noted Deir Abu Da'if as one of a range of villages round a height, the other villages being named as Beit Qad, Fuku'a, Deir Ghuzal and Araneh.[6]
In 1870 Victor Guérin noted it as a small village, south of Beit Qad, but less important than it. Guérin called the village for Ed-Deir.[7]
In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Shafa al-Qibly.[8]
In 1882 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it: "A small village near the edge of the hills, on rising ground. The water supply is from cisterns. Olive- gardens exist on the north. The houses are of mud and stone."[9]
British Mandate era
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 441; 434 Muslims and 7 Christians,[10] where the Christians were all Orthodox,[11] increasing in the 1931 census to 598; 593 Muslims and 5 Christians, with 136 houses.[12]
In 1944/5 statistics the population was 850, all Muslims,[13] with a total of 12,906 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[14] Of this, 1,919 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 4,836 dunams were for cereals,[15] while 30 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[16]
Jordanian era
After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, Deir Abu Da'if came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,191 inhabitants.[17]
Post-1967
Deir Abu Da'if has been under Israeli occupation since the 1967 Six-Day War.
