Deir al-Hatab
| Deir al-Hatab | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير الحطب |
| • Also spelled | Dayr al-Hatab (official) |
Deir al-Hatab from the south west
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| Coordinates: 32°13′02″N 35°19′15″E / 32.21722°N 35.32083°ECoordinates: 32°13′02″N 35°19′15″E / 32.21722°N 35.32083°E | |
| Palestine grid | 180/180 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Hussein Abd al-Kareem |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 5,540 dunams (5.5 km2 or 2.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,213 |
| Name meaning | "The convent of timber" |
Deir al-Hatab (Arabic: دير الحطب) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located east of Nablus, near the neighbopuring villages of Salem and Azmout. The village land extends over 12,000 dunams, of which 330 are built-up. Prior to 1993, it was less than 200 dunams. The entire village is located in "Area B" which gives the Palestinian National Authority control over civil affairs, while Israel is responsible for security.
The Israeli settlement of Elon Moreh is established within Deir al-Hatab's jurisdiction, taking up nearly 2,000 dunams of the village's land.
In June, 2016, Deir al-Hatab and other towns and villages in the area had to go without running water for weeks, as the Israeli Mekorot reduced the amount of water it sold to the Palestinians.
In 1838, in the Ottoman era, Edward Robinson noted Deir al-Hatab as a village in the same area as the villages Azmut and Salim, all were part of the El-Beitawy district, east of Nablus.
When Victor Guérin visited in 1870, he found that Deir al-Hatab had at most 100 inhabitants. He further noted that the many dilapidated houses showed that the village had formerly been more important. The ancient cisterns dug into the rock were dry, so the women fetched water at A'ïn Salem. In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described it as a "small village, with olives and a well to the south, standing on a hill slope."
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