Al-Judeira
| al-Juderia | |
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| • Arabic | جديره |
al-Judeira in the front of the picture.
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| Coordinates: 31°51′30″N 35°11′52″E / 31.85833°N 35.19778°ECoordinates: 31°51′30″N 35°11′52″E / 31.85833°N 35.19778°E | |
| Palestine grid | 168/140 |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
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| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,121 |
| Name meaning | The sheep-fold |
al-Juderia (Arabic: جديره) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate in the central West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,121 in 2006.
Al Judea is located north-east of Al Jib, north of Bir Nabala and south west of Kalandia.
In 1863 Guérin described it as a small village, with a mosque consecrated to a Sheikh Yassin. An Ottoman village list from about 1870 found that the village had a population of 40, in a total of 13 houses, though the population count included men, only. It was also noted that it was located east of Al Jib.
In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described it as "a small village on a slope, surrounded by figs and olives, and with rock-cut tombs to the north."
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ijdireh had a population of 122, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 139 Muslim inhabitants, in 31 inhabited houses.
In 1945 Judeira had a population of 190 Muslims, with 2,044 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 353 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,314 used for cereals, while 7 dunams were built-up land.
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, al-Judeira came under Jordanian rule.
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