‘Asira ash Shamaliya
| Asira ash-Shamaliya | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عصيرة الشماليّة |
| • Also spelled | Asira al-Shamaliyeh (official) 'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficial) |
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 Asira ash-Shamaliya
Location of Asira ash-Shamaliya within Palestine
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| Coordinates: 32°15′02″N 35°16′01″E / 32.25056°N 35.26694°ECoordinates: 32°15′02″N 35°16′01″E / 32.25056°N 35.26694°E | |
| Palestine grid | 175/184 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Mohammad Mahmoud Jawabra |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 29,442 dunams (29.4 km2 or 11.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 7,556 |
| Name meaning | "firewood of the north". Old: Asiret el Hatab, The difficult place of timber |
| Website | www.asira.org.ps |
Asira ash-Shamaliya (Arabic: عصيرة الشماليّة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located six kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 7,556 inhabitants in 2007.
In Arabic, the word Asira means "firewood" and refers to the town's (and nearby Asira al-Qibliya's) abundance of forests which was used by residents to sell firewood.
‘Asira ash Shamaliya is located 3.5 km north of Nablus. It is bordered by Talluza, Al Badhan, and 'Azmut to the east, Nablus to the south, Zawata, Ijnisinya, and Nisf Jubeil to the west, and Beit Imrin and Yasid to the north.
Pottery sherds from the Iron Age I, Iron Age II, late Roman,Byzantine, early Muslim and Medieval eras have been found here.
South east of the village centre (at grid no. 175/183) is a site where a quantity of pottery from Iron Age I has been found.
In 1166, a Crusader estate called Asine was located here.
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax-records as 'Asirah, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Sami of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 19 households and 5 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 3,335 Akçe.
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