Tell | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | تلّ |
| • Latin | Tel (official) Tall (unofficial) |
 Tell | |
  Tell Tell (the West Bank) Show map of the West Bank | |
| Coordinates:32°12′03″N35°12′47″E / 32.20083°N 35.21306°E /32.20083; 35.21306 | |
| Palestine grid | 170/178 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Omar Abdel Latif Eshtaia |
| Area | |
• Total | 13,776 dunams (13.8 km2 or 5.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 5,162 |
| • Density | 370/km2 (970/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Mound"[2] |
Tell (Arabic:تلّ), pronouncedTill, is aPalestinian town in theNablus Governorate in northernWest Bank, located five kilometers southwest ofNablus. According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 5,162 inhabitants in 2017.[1] Most of the town's laborers work in agriculture, with figs and olives being the major source of income.[3]
Mohammad Shtayyeh, a Palestinian economist and politician, was born in Tell.
Ceramics from theByzantine era have been found here.[4]
In 1517, the village was included in theOttoman Empire with the rest ofPalestine, and it appeared in the 1596tax-records asTill, located in theNahiya of Jabal Qubal of theLiwa ofNablus. The population was 46 households, allMuslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues, a press for olive oil or grape syrup, and a fixed tax for people of Nablus area; a total of 5,100akçe.[5]
In 1838,Till was located in the District ofJurat 'Amra, south of Nablus.[6]
In 1863,Victor Guérin found it to have a population of one thousand inhabitants. It was divided into several districts, each administered by a differentsheikh. He further noted: "Some houses are large and fairly well built. Around the village grow, in pens, beautiful plantations of fig and pomegranate trees."[7]
In 1870/1871 (1288AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in thenahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus.[8]
In 1882, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine describedTill as: "A village of moderate size on low ground, with a high mound behind it on the south; it has awell and a few trees, and on the west a pool in winter; the hills to the north are bare and white, but terraced to the very top."[9]
In the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities,Tel had a population of 567 Muslims,[10] increasing in the1931 census to 803 Muslims, in 209 houses.[11]
In the1945 statistics the population was 1,060 Muslims,[12] while the total land area was 13,766dunams, according to an official land and population survey.[13] Of this, 1,056 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 7,023 for cereals,[14] while 55 dunams were classified as built-up areas.[15]
In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the1949 Armistice Agreements, Tell came underJordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 1,539 inhabitants.[16]
Since theSix-Day War in 1967, Tell has been held underIsraeli military occupation.
