Majdal Bani Fadil
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| • Arabic | مجدل بني فاضل |
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| Coordinates: 32°05′01″N 35°21′46″E / 32.08361°N 35.36278°ECoordinates: 32°05′01″N 35°21′46″E / 32.08361°N 35.36278°E | |
| Palestine grid | 184/165 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Walid Othman |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 28,000 dunams (28.0 km2 or 10.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,382 |
| Name meaning | The watch tower of the Beni Fadil (an Arab clan) |
Majdal Bani Fadil (Arabic: مجدل بني فاضل) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 23 kilometers (14 mi) southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,382 inhabitants in 2007.
Majdal Bani Fadil is under the local administration of a nine-member village council headed by Walid Othman. Most of the village's residents are from the Othman and Zayn ad-Din clans. The main economic activities are herding and agriculture, specifically olives, grapes, prunes and figs. The main road connecting Majdal Bani Fadil to Ramallah and Nablus and Jericho has been closed off to the village since 2000 during the Second Intifada.
Majdal Bani Fadil is located east of Qusra, north of Duma, and south east of Aqraba.
Sherds from Iron Age II, Hellenistic/Roman, Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.
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 here. It appeared in the 1596 tax-records as Majdal, located in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. The population was 18 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 1,450 Akçe.
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