Baqa al-Hatab | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | باقة الحطب |
 Baqat al-Hatab | |
  Baqa al-Hatab Location of Baqat al-Hatab withinPalestine | |
| Coordinates:32°12′17″N35°06′53″E / 32.20472°N 35.11472°E /32.20472; 35.11472 | |
| Palestine grid | 161/179 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Elevation | 464 m (1,522 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 1,943 |
| Name meaning | Baka, from personal name[3] |
Baqa al-Hatab (Arabic:باقة الحطب) is aPalestinian village in theQalqilya Governorate in the western area of theWest Bank, located 20 kilometers southwest ofNablus. According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,943 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
Baqa al-Hatab is located 14.35 kilometers (8.92 mi) northwest ofQalqiliya. It is bordered byHajja to the east, south and north;Kafr Laqif andKhirbet Sir to the south;‘Izbat Abu Hamada to the west; andKafr ‘Abbush to the west and north.[1]
Baqa al-Hatab was incorporated into theOttoman Empire in 1517 with all ofPalestine, and in 1596 it appeared in thetax registers as being in theNahiya of Bani Sa'b of theLiwa ofNablus. It had a population of 59 households, allMuslims. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, goats and/or beehives, in addition to "occasional revenues"; a total of 23,900akçe. 5,25/24 of the revenues went to aMuslim charitable endowment.[4]
In 1870/1871 (1288AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in thenahiya (sub-district) of Bani Sa'b.[5]
In 1882 thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Baka (Beni Sab): "A well-built stone village in a conspicuous position on a bare ridge, with a few olives, and a well to the north; it is a small place. A high house on the north side formed atrigonometrical station in 1873."[6] It is historically the mother-village of many family hamula groups that now form the population ofthe Israeli township of Tira.[7]
In a1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, Baqa had a population of 207 Muslims,[8] increasing in the1931 census, when Baqa had a population of 282 Muslims, with 63 houses.[9]
In the1945 statistics the population was 390 Muslims,[10] with 8,950dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[11] Of this, 645 dunams were for plantations or irrigated land, 1,688 were for cereals,[12] while 36 dunams were built-up land.[13]
In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the1949 Armistice Agreements, Baqa came underJordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 569 inhabitants inBaqa Hatab.[14]
Since theSix-Day War in 1967, Baqa has been underIsraeli occupation.
After the1995 accords, about 58.4% of the village land is defined inArea B, while the remainder 41.6% is inArea C.[15]
The village of Baqa al-Hatab is home to themaqam (tomb-shrine) ofash-Sheikh Ali a-Najdi< a tomb located inside a cave next to a well. According to local tradition,ash-Sheikh Ali a-Najdi came from theNajd region of theArabian Peninsula, in modern-daySaudi Arabia, and arrived in the village during the 19th century. He taught theQuran to the children of the village, and tradition says he committed miraculous acts.[16]
The village's residents have their origins inHajjah,Qalqiliya, and theSharon plain.[17]
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