'Anin

'Anin (Arabic: عانين‎) a Palestinian village in the West Bank governorate of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,719 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2]

'Anin
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعانين
'Anin
Location of 'Anin within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°30′05″N 35°10′04″E
Palestine grid165/211
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total3,719
Name meaningfrom personal name, or possibly from fountain[1]

History

Potsherds from Iron Age I,[3] IA II,[3] Persian,[3] early and late Roman,[3] Byzantine,[3] early Muslim and the Middle Ages have been found here.[3]

"Immediately north of the village is a rock-cut passage large enough to walk along, extending about 50 feet and lined with cement; it then becomes about a foot high. This leads out on to a flat surface of rock.(...) Two rock-cut tombs, now blocked, exist west of this."[4][5]

Ottoman era

'Anin, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Sahil Atlit which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Lajjun. The village had a population of 16 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 25% on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,600 akçe.[6] Potsherds from the Ottoman era have also been found here.[3]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Anin as: "a small village on a ridge, partly built of stone, with a small olive grove beneath it on the west, and two wells on that side. It has the appearance of an ancient site, having rock-cut tombs, and a curious channel for water."[7]

British mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 360 Muslims,[8] increasing in the 1931 census to 447 Muslims, in 68 houses.[9]

In the 1944/5 statistics the population of Anin was 590 Muslims,[10] with a total of 15,049 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[11] Of this, 1,769 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,806 dunams for cereals,[12] while 13 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[13]

Jordanian era

After the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, 'Anin came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 752 inhabitants.[14]

Post-1967

'Anin has been under Israeli occupation along with the rest of the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 143
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. Zertal, 2016, pp. 127-130
  4. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 51
  5. Dauphin, 1998, p. 748
  6. Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 159
  7. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 44
  8. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 30
  9. Mills, 1932, p. 67
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98
  13. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148
  14. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25

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