Jayyous
| Jayyous | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جيوس |
| • Also spelled | Jayyus (official) |
Jayyous, 2016
|
|
 Jayyous
|
|
| Coordinates: 32°12′04.77″N 35°02′05.58″E / 32.2013250°N 35.0348833°ECoordinates: 32°12′04.77″N 35°02′05.58″E / 32.2013250°N 35.0348833°E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/178 |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,300 |
| Name meaning | Jiyus, personal name |
Jayyous (Arabic: جيوس) is a Palestinian village near the west border of the West Bank, close to Qalqilya. It is a farming community. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 3,307 inhabitants in 2006.
At Khirbet Sir, just east of Jayyous, two rock-cut tombs have been found, with a large mound with terraces cut in the sides, and a good well below.Byzantine ceramics have also been found.
Jayyous was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 24 households and 6 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, occasional revenues, goats and/or beehives.
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described Jiyus as a "moderate-sized stone village on a ridge, with olives to the south-east. It appears to be an ancient site, having rock-cut tombs and ancient wells."
In the 19th century and early 20th century the village was dominated by the Palestinian el-Jayusah or Jayyusi clan.
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jaiyus had a population of 433, all Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 569, again all Muslim, in a total of 147 houses.
...
Wikipedia