Al-Judeida
| Judeida | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الجديدة |
 Judeida
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| Coordinates: 32°20′5″N 35°18′7″E / 32.33472°N 35.30194°ECoordinates: 32°20′5″N 35°18′7″E / 32.33472°N 35.30194°E | |
| Palestine grid | 178/193 |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,738 |
| Name meaning | The dyke |
Al-Judeida (Arabic: الجديدة) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 14 kilometres (9 mi) south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 4,738 in the 2007 census.
Al-Judeida is an ancient village, where Byzantine ceramics have been found.Zertal notes that the sherds from the Byzantine era were at the edge of the hilltop upon which al-Judeida stands.
Pottery sherds found in the village mostly date back to the medieval and Ottoman eras. During Crusader rule, in 1168, al-Judeida was an estate called "Gidideh".
Like all of Palestine, al-Judeida was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 Ottoman tax registers, al-Judeida was an entirely Muslim village with a population of 10 families, located in the Nahiya Jabal Sami, in the Nablus Sanjak. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for grape syrup or olive oil; a total of 3,500 akçe.
Most of the buildings in the old core of Judeida date back to the 16th and 17th centuries.
In 1838, Edward Robinson noted the village when he travelled in the region, as bordering the extremely fertile Marj Sanur. He listed it as part of the District of Haritheh, north of Nablus.
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