Ein Qiniya | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | عين قينيا |
• Latin | Ayn Kiniya (official) Ein Qinya (unofficial) |
![]() Ein Qiniya 2019 | |
Location of Ein Qiniya within
Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°55′37″N 35°08′56″E / 31.92694°N 35.14889°E | |
Palestine grid | 164/148 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Local Development Committee |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 721 |
Name meaning | The crimson spring [2] |
Ein Qiniya or 'Ayn Kiniya ( Arabic: عين قينيا) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) northwest of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Ein Qiniya has existed since the Roman-era of rule in Palestine. [3] The village is very small with no public structures or institutions and is governed by a local development committee. Ein Qiniya is regionally notable for being a spring and autumn time picnic resort. [3]
There is an annual walk on March 4 from Ramallah to Ein Qiniyya in celebration of the spring. [4]
'Ein Qiniya is located (horizontally) 5.5 km west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ramallah to the east, Al-Zaitounah to the north, Al-Janiya and Deir Ibzi to the west, and Ein 'Arik and Beitunia to the south. [5]
A 1,500 ha site in the vicinity of the village has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a population of short-toed snake-eagles. [6]
A Middle Bronze Age tomb was discovered here in 1934. [7] Potsherds from the Hellenistic and Umayyad/ Abbasid period have been found here. [7] Conder and Kitchener, from the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF), suggested the identification of Ein Qinniya with En Gannim, mentioned by third-century writer Eusebius as a village near Bethel. [7]
Ein Qiniya has traditionally been identified with Ainqune of the Crusader era, one of the fiefs given by King Godfrey to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. [8] [9] However, Finkelstein writes that this identification should be reconsidered. [10] Potsherds from the Mamluk era have also been found here. [11]
During the Mamluk era, it was stipulated that the whole of the revenue from Ein Qiniya should go to the al-Tankiziyya in Jerusalem. The building was completed in 1328–29. [12]
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Ayn Qinya, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 32 households, all Muslim. They paid a tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, vineyards and fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and beehives; a total of 4,760 akçe. 1/3 of the income went to a waqf. [13] [14]
In 1838 it was noted as 'Ain Kinia, a Muslim village, located in the Beni Harith district, north of Jerusalem. [15]
An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Ain Kina had 54 houses and a population of 205, though the population count only included men. [16] [17]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Ain Kanieh as "a village of moderate size on a ridge". [18]
In 1896 the population of 'Ain kinja was estimated to be about 135 persons. [19]
In 1917, most of the village's inhabitants were evacuated by the British army on suspicion that residents killed a British officer. The residents were relocated to Beitunia and Yalo. [3] In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, 'Ain Qinia had a population of 56, all Muslims. [20] This had increased in the 1931 census to 83, still all Muslims, in a total of 26 houses. [21]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 100, all Muslims, [22] while the total land area was 2,494 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. [23] Of this, 1,276 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 569 for cereals, [24] while 19 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas. [25]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ein Qiniya came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 235 inhabitants. [26]
Since the Six-Day War in 1967 Ein Qiniya has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords 12.1% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 87.9% as Area C. [27]
Israel has confiscated 157 dunams of village land in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Dolev. [28]
In 1982, residents numbered 101, then after a mass migration of other Palestinians to the Ein Qiniya, the population rose to 464 in 1984. [29] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2006 it had a population of 807. [30] In the 2007 PCBS census, there were 817 people living in the village. [31] The village had a population of 721 by 2017. [1]
Ein Qiniya | |
---|---|
Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | عين قينيا |
• Latin | Ayn Kiniya (official) Ein Qinya (unofficial) |
![]() Ein Qiniya 2019 | |
Location of Ein Qiniya within
Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°55′37″N 35°08′56″E / 31.92694°N 35.14889°E | |
Palestine grid | 164/148 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Local Development Committee |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 721 |
Name meaning | The crimson spring [2] |
Ein Qiniya or 'Ayn Kiniya ( Arabic: عين قينيا) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 7 kilometers (4.3 mi) northwest of Ramallah and is a part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. Ein Qiniya has existed since the Roman-era of rule in Palestine. [3] The village is very small with no public structures or institutions and is governed by a local development committee. Ein Qiniya is regionally notable for being a spring and autumn time picnic resort. [3]
There is an annual walk on March 4 from Ramallah to Ein Qiniyya in celebration of the spring. [4]
'Ein Qiniya is located (horizontally) 5.5 km west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ramallah to the east, Al-Zaitounah to the north, Al-Janiya and Deir Ibzi to the west, and Ein 'Arik and Beitunia to the south. [5]
A 1,500 ha site in the vicinity of the village has been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a population of short-toed snake-eagles. [6]
A Middle Bronze Age tomb was discovered here in 1934. [7] Potsherds from the Hellenistic and Umayyad/ Abbasid period have been found here. [7] Conder and Kitchener, from the Palestine Exploration Fund (PEF), suggested the identification of Ein Qinniya with En Gannim, mentioned by third-century writer Eusebius as a village near Bethel. [7]
Ein Qiniya has traditionally been identified with Ainqune of the Crusader era, one of the fiefs given by King Godfrey to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. [8] [9] However, Finkelstein writes that this identification should be reconsidered. [10] Potsherds from the Mamluk era have also been found here. [11]
During the Mamluk era, it was stipulated that the whole of the revenue from Ein Qiniya should go to the al-Tankiziyya in Jerusalem. The building was completed in 1328–29. [12]
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Ayn Qinya, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 32 households, all Muslim. They paid a tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, vineyards and fruit trees, occasional revenues, goats and beehives; a total of 4,760 akçe. 1/3 of the income went to a waqf. [13] [14]
In 1838 it was noted as 'Ain Kinia, a Muslim village, located in the Beni Harith district, north of Jerusalem. [15]
An official Ottoman village list from about 1870 showed that Ain Kina had 54 houses and a population of 205, though the population count only included men. [16] [17]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Ain Kanieh as "a village of moderate size on a ridge". [18]
In 1896 the population of 'Ain kinja was estimated to be about 135 persons. [19]
In 1917, most of the village's inhabitants were evacuated by the British army on suspicion that residents killed a British officer. The residents were relocated to Beitunia and Yalo. [3] In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, 'Ain Qinia had a population of 56, all Muslims. [20] This had increased in the 1931 census to 83, still all Muslims, in a total of 26 houses. [21]
In the 1945 statistics the population was 100, all Muslims, [22] while the total land area was 2,494 dunams, according to an official land and population survey. [23] Of this, 1,276 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 569 for cereals, [24] while 19 dunams were classified as built-up (urban) areas. [25]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ein Qiniya came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 235 inhabitants. [26]
Since the Six-Day War in 1967 Ein Qiniya has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords 12.1% of village land was classified as Area B, the remaining 87.9% as Area C. [27]
Israel has confiscated 157 dunams of village land in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Dolev. [28]
In 1982, residents numbered 101, then after a mass migration of other Palestinians to the Ein Qiniya, the population rose to 464 in 1984. [29] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, in 2006 it had a population of 807. [30] In the 2007 PCBS census, there were 817 people living in the village. [31] The village had a population of 721 by 2017. [1]