Haris, Salfit
| Haris | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | حارس |
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| Coordinates: 32°06′51″N 35°08′28″E / 32.11417°N 35.14111°ECoordinates: 32°06′51″N 35°08′28″E / 32.11417°N 35.14111°E | |
| Palestine grid | 163/169 |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,063 |
| Name meaning | The watch |
Haris (Arabic: حارس) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,427 approximately in mid-year 2007.
Sherds from the Mamluk era have been found here. In 1359 it is mentioned by Ibn Kadi as a place bought by the Sultan.
In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and potsherds from the early Ottoman period have been found. It appeared in the 1596 tax-records as Harit, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 21 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax sum of 12,000 Akçe, in addition to taxes on "agnan", bee hives, and occasional revenues; a total of 13,300 Akçe.
In 1870 Guérin observed here a building used as a mosque, divided into three naves separated by marble columns of different sizes, and evidently ancient. 'On a neighbouring Tell, which commands the village, are the ruins of an ancient tower. The spot is now planted with olives. Two ancient tombs and several cisterns cut in the rock once belonged to the ancient city which stood here.'
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Haris as "a medium sized village on high ground built of stone, and supplied by cisterns. It has rock-cut tombs and is probably an ancient site; there are fine olive groves round it."
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