Ramiyah () is a municipality in the

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in southern

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Etymology

According to E. H. Palmer in 1881, ''Ramia'' comes from a personal name.

History

In the 1596 tax records, it was named as a village, ''Ramiya'', in the Ottoman ''

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'' (subdistrict) of

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under the ''

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'' (district) of

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, with a population of 49 households and 4 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax-rate of 25% on agricultural products, such as

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, olive trees, fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues" and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; a total of 3,966

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.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 182 In 1852, Edward Robinson noted here: "We came upon an ancient

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at the foot of the hill, and saw others on the way up. On the top near the village are two very large ones. One of the lids measured 7 1/2 feet long by 2 feet broad, with nearly the same thickness. In a field below our tent, about midway of the hill-side, were others of an unusual character. In a large isolated rock were excavated no less than three sarcophagi, side by side ; and then the exterior of the rock was hewn away, and the corners rounded oft. Around each sarcophagus a ledge was left for a corresponding groove in the lid. The whole is a striking monument of antiquity." In 1875,

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found here a great sarcophagus cut in an enormous block, the lower part not yet detached from the rock, containing three receptacles for bodies. The lids were missing. Here are also several rock-cut tombs, one of which, examined by Guérin, was found to contain three

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. In 1881, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) described it: "A small stone village, containing about 150 Moslems, situated on a hill-top in the valley, with a few figs, olives, and arable land; the valley to the west turns into a swamp in winter, owing to having no drainage; there are

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s and a large birket for water supply." They further noted "Several large

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round this village, and one olive-press."

Demographics

In 2014

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made up 99.56% of registered voters in Ramiyah. 96.22% of the voters were

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References

Bibliography

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