Duma, Nablus
| Duma | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دوما |
| • Also spelled | Doma (official) |
View of Duma, January 2014
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| Coordinates: 32°03′27″N 35°22′02″E / 32.05750°N 35.36722°ECoordinates: 32°03′27″N 35°22′02″E / 32.05750°N 35.36722°E | |
| Palestine grid | 184/162 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Abd al-Salaam Dawabsha |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 17,351 dunams (17.4 km2 or 6.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,220 |
| Name meaning | The lotus |
Duma (Arabic: دوما, also spelled as Douma) is Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 25 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,220 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Duma's total land area consists of 17,351 dunams, about 200 of which are designated as built-up area.
On 31 July 2015, suspected Israeli settlers firebombed two homes in Duma, killing 18-month-old Ali Saad Dawabsha and critically injuring his parents and 4-year-old brother. The boy, Ali, died in the attack; his father, 32, died later of second-degree burns over most of his body, followed by the death of his wife, from her injuries, about 5 weeks later. The attack is believed to be a price tag attack by Israeli settlers, who were seen fleeing towards Ma'ale Efrayim.
Pottery sherds from the Hellenistic, Hellenistic/Roman and Roman era have been found. South–southwest of the village is a spring called Ayn Duma, where water has been collected in ancient small pools, some hollowed out of rock.
Duma, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 the village appeared under the name Duma as being in the Nahiya (Subdistrict) of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa (District) of Nablus. It had a population of 23 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and bee-hives; in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 1,300 akçe.
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