Za'atara
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicزعترة
Za'atara
Za'atara
Za'atara is located in State of Palestine
Za'atara
Za'atara
Location of Za'atara within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°40′32″N 35°15′20″E / 31.67556°N 35.25556°E / 31.67556; 35.25556
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total7,849

Za'atara (Arabic: زعترة) is a Palestinian town located 11 km (6.8 mi) southeast of Bethlehem. The town is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 7,849 in 2017.[1]

History

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Za’atara came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, under Jordanian rule, the population of Za'atara was 1,003.[2]

Post−1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Za'atara has been held under Israeli occupation. 1,282 people were counted in the Israeli government's 1967 census.[3]

After the 1995 accords, 0.9% of Za'atara land was classified as Area A, 44% classified as Area B, and 32.6% classified as Area C, while the remaining 22.5% is defined as "nature reserves".[4] Israel has confiscated 20 dunams of village land for the Israeli settlement of El David and 10 dunams for an Israeli Military Base.[5]

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. ↑ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
  3. ↑ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  4. ↑ Za'tara Town Profile p. 16
  5. ↑ Za'tara Town Profile p. 17

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