Qusra
| Qusra | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قُصرة |
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| Coordinates: 32°05′7″N 35°19′48″E / 32.08528°N 35.33000°ECoordinates: 32°05′7″N 35°19′48″E / 32.08528°N 35.33000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 181/165 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdulalzeem Wadi |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,377 |
| Name meaning | "One palace" |
Qusra (also Kusra) (Arabic: قُصرة) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 28 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Qusra had a population of 674 households occupied by 4,377 inhabitants in 2007.
Under the terms of the Oslo Accords of 1993 between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, Qusra is located in Area "C" under full Israeli civil and security control. The Israeli outpost settlement of Esh Kodesh (founded 1999) is located near the village of Qusra.
According to Finkelstein et al., Qusra has never been surveyed. They estimated early Ottoman remains based on Hütteroth and Abdulfattah.
In 1596 the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers under the name of Qusayra as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 14 households, all Muslim. The inhabitants of the village paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and/or beehives.
In 1838 Qusra (spelled Kausara) was classified as a Muslim village in the subdistrict of el-Beitawi. The French explorer Victor Guérin described passing by several "magnificent" oaks on the way to the village in May 1870. The village, which he called Kesrah, was described as having about 200 inhabitants. Guérin also noted several ancient rock-cut cisterns, the largest of which was at the lower part of the village.
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