Qaryut

Qaryout ( ar, قريوت) is a Palestinian village of nearly 2,500 in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located southeast of Nablus.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Qaryut had a population of 2,469 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Location

Qaryut is located 17 km south of Nablus. It is bordered by Duma and Jalud to the east, Qusra and Talfit to the north, As Sawiya to the west, and Turmus'ayya to the south.

History

Shards from the Iron Age II, Persian, Persian/Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk era have been found here.Finkelstein et al, 1997, p. 654

Western travellers, like Edward Robinson, have suggested that Qaryut might be identical to ancient ''Coreae''.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, p
83
/ref>Ritter, 1866, vol 2, p
345
/ref>Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p
288
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It has also been suggested that Qaryut is identical with ''Kariateri'', a place mentioned in Crusader texts.

It has been noted that: "This place, being at the head of ''Wady Fusail'', seems to have given rise to the mediaeval identification of that valley as the ''Brook Cherith'' (mentioned by Marino Sanuto in 1321)."

Ottoman period

Potsherds from the early Ottoman era have been found here.

In 1838, ''Kuriyet'' was noted as being located in ''El-Beitawy'' district, east of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p
128
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In 1870, Victor Guérin noted: "This village is divided into two distinct districts, each under the jurisdiction of a particular Sheikh. Its population is seven hundred and fifty inhabitants. In the gardens around it grow fig trees, pomegranates and vines. Several old rock formations are currently dry, and women are forced to fetch water as far as ''Ain Siloun''. In two houses, I notice some blocks with boss cut." Guérin also identified Qaryut with ancient ''Coreae''.

In 1882, the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' noted that ''Kuriyut'' was: "a small village, on the top of a high chain, with a spring between it and the ruin of Seilun ( Shiloh)."

British Mandate

In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ''Qariut'' had a population of 530 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 732; 3 Christians and 729 Muslims, in 156 houses.Mills, 1932, p
64
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In the 1945 statistics Qaryut had a population of 930, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p
19
/ref> with 7,491 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 2,611 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,803 were used for cereals, while 63 dunams were built-up land.

Jordanian period

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,163 inhabitants.

1967, aftermath

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Qaryut has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 23% of village land is classified as Area B, the remaining 77% is Area C.

As of 2014, Israel has confiscated 2,221 dunams of Qaryat village land for 3 Israeli settlements: Eli, Shilo and Mizpe Rahel.

Israeli settlers from Eli have been blamed for uprooting more than 100 olive trees belonging to Qaryut village.More than 100 olive trees uprooted in West Bank, Palestinians report
by Jack Khoury, Oct. 19, 2013, Haaretz

Notable people

* Taysir Khalid (born 1941), Palestinian politician

References

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External links

Welcome To Qaryut
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14:
IAAWikimedia commons

Qaryut Village profile (including Jalud Locality)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ)
Qaryut, aerial photo
ARIJ
Development Priorities and Needs in Qaryut
ARIJ

{{Nablus Governorate

Villages in the West Bank
Municipalities of the State of Palestine