Abasan al-Saghira
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعبسان الصغيرة
 • LatinAbasan al-Jadida (official)
Abasan al-Saghira is located in State of Palestine
Abasan al-Saghira
Abasan al-Saghira
Location of Abasan al-Saghira within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°20′25.85″N 34°20′40.57″E / 31.3405139°N 34.3446028°E / 31.3405139; 34.3446028
State State of Palestine
GovernorateKhan Yunis
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total9,290

Abasan al-Saghira (Arabic: عبسان الصغيرة) is a Palestinian agricultural town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern Gaza Strip. It is located 2 km southeast of Khan Yunis. According to the 2017 census conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abasan al-Saghira had a population of 9,290.[1]

History

In 1886, at the end of the Ottoman era, Abasan al-Saghira consisted of about ten huts, with old building stones.[2]

British Mandate Period

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Abassan (presumably both Abasan al-Kabira and Abasan al-Saghira) had a population of 695; all Muslims,[3] increasing in the 1931 census (when they were clearly counted together) to 1144, still all Muslim, in 186 houses.[4]

In the 1945 statistics the two Abasans were still counted together, and had a population of 2,230, all Muslims,[5] with 16,084 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[6] Of this, 92 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 15,616 used for cereals,[7] while 69 dunams were built-up land.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 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.
  2. ↑ Schumacher, 1886, p. 192
  3. ↑ Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Gaza, p. 8
  4. ↑ Mills, 1932, p. 2
  5. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 86 Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ↑ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 136 Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

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