Yassid
| Yasid | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ياصيد |
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Location of Yasid within the Palestinian territories
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| Coordinates: 32°17′48″N 35°16′40″E / 32.29667°N 35.27778°ECoordinates: 32°17′48″N 35°16′40″E / 32.29667°N 35.27778°E | |
| Palestine grid | 176/189 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,291 |
| Name meaning | from personal name |
Yasid (Arabic: ياصيد) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 15 kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,291 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.
Yasid is located 8.6 km north of Nablus. It is bordered by Wadi al Far’a to the east, the village of Siris to the north, Beit Imrin and Jaba’ to the west, and Talluza and ‘Asira ash Shamaliya villages to the south.
Sherds from Iron Age I, Iron Age II,Persian early and late Roman,Byzantine, Early Moslem and Medieval eras have been found here.
Yasid, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596 it was a part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami which was under the administration of the liwa ("district") of Nablus. The village had a population of 47 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, beehives and/or goats, in addition to occasional revenues and a tax on Muslims in the Nablus area; a total of 7,340 akçe.
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