Bir Nabala
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بير نبالا |
| • Also spelled | Beer Nabala (official) |
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| Coordinates: 31°51′06″N 35°12′03″E / 31.85167°N 35.20083°ECoordinates: 31°51′06″N 35°12′03″E / 31.85167°N 35.20083°E | |
| Palestine grid | 168/139 |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,904 dunams (1.9 km2 or 0.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 6,100 |
| Name meaning | The well of apparatus |
Bir Nabala (Arabic: بير نبالا; Hebrew: ביר נבאלא) is a Palestinian town in the West Bank located eight kilometers northeast of Jerusalem. In mid-year 2006, it had an estimated population of 6,100 residents. Three Bedouin tribes — Abu Dhak, Tel al ‘Adassa and Jahalin — live in Bir Nabala. Bir Nabala has a built-up area of 1,904 dunams, which combined with nearby al-Jib, Beit Hanina al Balad and al-Judeira form an enclave in the Seam Zone, walled in by the Israeli West Bank barrier. The enclave is home to approximately 15,000 Palestinians. It is linked to Ramallah by underpasses and a road that is fenced on both sides. From the Biddu enclave, residents travel along a fenced road that passes under a bypass road to Bir Nabala enclave, then on a second underpass under Bypass Road 443 to Ramallah.
Prior to the construction of the barrier, Bir Nabala was a commercial center linking Jenin and Tulkarm with the Jerusalem area and the town contained about 600 shops and six tyre factories. In 2007, there were 180 shops and two tyre factories.
The remains of a vault, dating to the Crusader era have been found here.
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Bir Nabala, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 4 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, which included wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards, fruit trees, goats and beehives in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 1,300 Akçe. In 1838 Edward Robinson noted Bir Nebala on his travels in the region.
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