Umm al-Tut

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Umm al-Tut
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicام التوت
Umm al-Tut is located in State of Palestine
Umm al-Tut
Umm al-Tut
Location of Umm al-Tut within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°25′56″N 35°20′40″E / 32.43222°N 35.34444°E / 32.43222; 35.34444Coordinates: 32°25′56″N 35°20′40″E / 32.43222°N 35.34444°E / 32.43222; 35.34444
Palestine grid182/204
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total1,003
Name meaning"The place with the mulberries"[1]
"The mother of all strawberries"[2]

Umm al-Tut (Arabic: ام التوت‎, romanized: ām āltwt, literally "mum-berries") is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 6 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 1,003 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[3]

History[]

In 1870, Umm al-Tut, called Oumm et-Toutah, situated south of Deir Abu Da'if, was one of the villages Victor Guérin noted from Faqqua.[4]

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as resembling El Mughair, and that it stood "amongst dense thickets on the north and west, and has open plough-land on the south."[5]

British Mandate era[]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Umm al-Tut had a population 94 Muslims,[6] increasing in the 1931 census to 129 Muslims, in a total of 24 houses.[7]

In 1945 statistics the population was 170 Muslims,[8] with 4,876 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 132 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 1,705 dunams were for cereals,[10] while a total of 6 dunams were built-up, urban land.[11]

Jordanian era[]

Following the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and the subsequent 1949 Armistice Agreements, Umm al-Tut came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 266 inhabitants in Um Tut.[12]

Post-1967[]

Since the 1967 Six-Day War Umm al-Tut has been under Israeli occupation.

The village is a major center of natural resources, nearby villages use 10% of Umm al-Tut's abundant surplus of fuel wood and also rely on Umm al-Tut's many pastures to raise their livestock.[13] Because of this, Umm al-Tut is under notably ample pressure due to increases in illegal/unauthorized grazing, logging, hunting, and waste disposal, as well as unlawful seizures of property by neighboring villages to convert into agricultural stock.[13]

References[]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 170
  2. ^ Haaretz
  3. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  4. ^ Guérin, 1874, p. 336
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 82
  6. ^ Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29
  7. ^ Mills, 1932, p. 71
  8. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 17
  9. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 55
  10. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 100
  11. ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 150
  12. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
  13. ^ Jump up to: a b "About Umm at-Tut | Mahmiyat.ps".

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