Zeita, Tulkarm
| Zeita | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | زيتا |
| • Also spelled | Zeita (official) Zayta (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°23′04″N 35°03′03″E / 32.38444°N 35.05083°ECoordinates: 32°23′04″N 35°03′03″E / 32.38444°N 35.05083°E | |
| Palestine grid | 155/199 |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,842 |
| Name meaning | Olive |
Zeita (Arabic: زيتا) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 11 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Zeita had a population of 2,852 inhabitants in 2007. 21.5% of the population of Zeita were refugees in 1997. The healthcare facilities for Zeita are designated as MOH level 2.
Zeita is an ancient village where marble Corinthian capitals have been reused in a local Maqam.
The village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine in 1517. In the 1596 Ottoman tax records, it appeared under the name of Zaita, located in the Nahiya Qaqun, in the Nablus Sanjak. It had a population of 91 Muslim and 7 Christian households. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or grape syrup; and jizya of 3,440 akçe.
Zeita appears on sheet 45 Jacotin's map drawn-up during Napoleon's invasion in 1799, though its position is not accurate. In 1870 Victor Guérin found here a village with 600 inhabitants. He further noted: Here I found, just as at Jett, an ancient capital hollowed out to make a mortar, and used for the same purpose. A very good well, constructed of cut stone, seems ancient."
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