Jalqamus

Jalqamus (Arabic: جلقموس‎) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 10 km southeast of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,867 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[2]

Jalqamus
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicجلقموس
Jalqamus
Location of Jalqamus within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°25′27″N 35°21′50″E
Palestine grid184/173
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,867
Name meaningThe mound of thistles[1]

History

Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.[3]

Ottoman era

In 1838, during the Ottoman era, Jelkamus was noted as a village in the Haritheh area, north of Nablus.[4]

In 1870, Jalqamus, called Djell Kamous, situated south of Deir Abu Da'if, was one of the villages Victor Guérin noted from Faqqua.[5]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Jelkamus as "a small village on a hill-top, surrounded by plough-land, with a few olives, built of stone and mud, with rain-water cisterns."[6]

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jalqamus had a population of 124 Muslims,[7] increasing in the 1931 census to 150 Muslims, in a total of 31 houses.[8]

In the 1944/5 statistics the population of Jalqamus was 220 Muslims,[9] with 4,437 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[10] Of this, 180 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 2,422 for cereals,[11] while 6 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[12]

Jordanian era

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

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 435 inhabitants.[13]

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Jalqamus has been under Israeli occupation. Under the Oslo Accords, the town was assigned to Area A.[14]

References
  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 161
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. Dauphin, 1998, p. 788
  4. Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 130
  5. Guérin, 1874, p. 336
  6. Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 85
  7. Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
  8. Mills, 1932, p. 68
  9. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 Archived 2018-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  10. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54
  11. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98
  12. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148
  13. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  14. B'Tselem Interactive Map https://www.btselem.org/map

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