Yasuf
| Yasuf | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ياسوف |
| • Also spelled | Yassuf (official) Yasouf (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°06′23″N 35°14′08″E / 32.10639°N 35.23556°ECoordinates: 32°06′23″N 35°14′08″E / 32.10639°N 35.23556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 172/168 |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 8,550 dunams (8.6 km2 or 3.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,621 |
| Name meaning | from personal name |
Yasuf (Arabic: ياسوف) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) northeast of Salfit, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 1,621 in 2007. About 87% of the population relies on agriculture for income, while the remainder work in the public sector.
NE and SW of the village is a large cemetery, with tombs carved into rock, some with arcosolia.
Potsherds from the IA II (8th and 7th centuries B.C.E.), have been found, and also from the Hellenistic/Roman, Crusader/Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Qttoman era.Byzantine ceramics have also been found.
At the time of Roman rule over Palestine (c. 63 BCE-330 CE), the village was known as Yaashuv mentioned in the Samaria Ostraca, and it was one of three important markets for fruits, grains and legumes in the northern Judean mountains, southern Samaria, and the region of Lod.
During the Crusader period, Diya' al-Din (1173–1245) writes that there was a rural mosque in Yasuf, indicating that there was a significant Muslim population in the village at the time, while Yakut noted that Yasuf was a "village of Nabulus in the Filastin province. It is celebrated for its abundance of pomegranates."
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