Shabtin | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | شبتين/شبطين |
Shabtin | |
Location of Shabtin within
Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°58′26″N 35°02′59″E / 31.97389°N 35.04972°E | |
Palestine grid | 154/153 |
State | ![]() |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 1,136 |
Name meaning | from personal name [2] |
Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank.
Shabtin is located 14.4 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Ramallah. Shabtin is bordered by Al Itihad to the east, Shuqba to the north, Ni'lin to the west, and Deir Qaddis to the south. [3]
The name Šabtīn /Šibtīn/ is Aramaic, and means ““sticks, canes”. [4]
Just southeast of the village (at grid no. 1544/1528) is Kh. Shabtin, where pottery sherds from the Persian, [5] Persian/ Hellenistic, [5] late Roman, [6] Byzantine [5] [6] Umayyad/ Abbasid eras have been found. [5] The SWP noted "Traces of ruins" here. [7]
Pottery sherds from the Roman/ Byzantine eras have been found at Shabtin. [8]
During the Crusader era, the area was a Crusader stronghold, centred around Aboud. Remains of a house from Crusader era have been identified in the centre of Shabtin. [9]
Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found in Shabtin, together with a hoard of 45 Mamluk gold coins. [8]
The current village was founded in the 18th century or in the early 19th century. [10]
Sherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here. [8]
In the 1840s, the village got caught up in the Qays–Yaman rivalry and was at one time plundered. [11]
In 1870, Victor Guérin noted the village, Cheptin, on the slopes of a hill in the distance. [12] An Ottoman village list of the same year, 1870, showed that Schetin had 16 houses and a population of 42, though the population count only included men. [13] [14]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described ‘’Shebtin’’ as: "a small village in a valley, with a well to the east. It appears to be an ancient site, and has rock cut tombs south of it." [15]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Shebtin had a population of 63 inhabitants, all Muslims, [16] increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 110, still all Muslim, in 20 houses. [17]
In 1945 statistics the population of Shabtin was 150 Muslims, [18] with 4,423 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. [19] Of this, 27 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,158 dunams for cereals, [20] while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land. [21]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Shabtin came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 232 inhabitants. [22]
During the Six-Day War in 1967, Shabtin came under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 7.2% of Shabtin land was classified as Area B, the remaining 92.8% as Area C. [23]
Israel has confiscated 1,781 dunams of land from Shabtin in order to construct two settlements, Nili and Na'aleh. [24]
Shabtin | |
---|---|
Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | شبتين/شبطين |
Shabtin | |
Location of Shabtin within
Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°58′26″N 35°02′59″E / 31.97389°N 35.04972°E | |
Palestine grid | 154/153 |
State | ![]() |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Population (2017)
[1] | |
• Total | 1,136 |
Name meaning | from personal name [2] |
Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank.
Shabtin is located 14.4 kilometres (9 mi) north-west of Ramallah. Shabtin is bordered by Al Itihad to the east, Shuqba to the north, Ni'lin to the west, and Deir Qaddis to the south. [3]
The name Šabtīn /Šibtīn/ is Aramaic, and means ““sticks, canes”. [4]
Just southeast of the village (at grid no. 1544/1528) is Kh. Shabtin, where pottery sherds from the Persian, [5] Persian/ Hellenistic, [5] late Roman, [6] Byzantine [5] [6] Umayyad/ Abbasid eras have been found. [5] The SWP noted "Traces of ruins" here. [7]
Pottery sherds from the Roman/ Byzantine eras have been found at Shabtin. [8]
During the Crusader era, the area was a Crusader stronghold, centred around Aboud. Remains of a house from Crusader era have been identified in the centre of Shabtin. [9]
Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found in Shabtin, together with a hoard of 45 Mamluk gold coins. [8]
The current village was founded in the 18th century or in the early 19th century. [10]
Sherds from the early Ottoman era has also been found here. [8]
In the 1840s, the village got caught up in the Qays–Yaman rivalry and was at one time plundered. [11]
In 1870, Victor Guérin noted the village, Cheptin, on the slopes of a hill in the distance. [12] An Ottoman village list of the same year, 1870, showed that Schetin had 16 houses and a population of 42, though the population count only included men. [13] [14]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described ‘’Shebtin’’ as: "a small village in a valley, with a well to the east. It appears to be an ancient site, and has rock cut tombs south of it." [15]
In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Shebtin had a population of 63 inhabitants, all Muslims, [16] increasing in the 1931 census to a population of 110, still all Muslim, in 20 houses. [17]
In 1945 statistics the population of Shabtin was 150 Muslims, [18] with 4,423 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. [19] Of this, 27 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,158 dunams for cereals, [20] while 7 dunams were built-up (urban) land. [21]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Shabtin came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 232 inhabitants. [22]
During the Six-Day War in 1967, Shabtin came under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 7.2% of Shabtin land was classified as Area B, the remaining 92.8% as Area C. [23]
Israel has confiscated 1,781 dunams of land from Shabtin in order to construct two settlements, Nili and Na'aleh. [24]