Abasan al-Saghira

This article is about the town in the southern Gaza Strip. For the nearby city, see Abasan al-Kabera.

Abasan al-Saghira
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
•  Arabic	عبسان الصغيرة
•  Latin	Abasan al-Jadida (official)
Abasan al-Saghira Location of Abasan al-Saghira within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°20′25.85″N34°20′40.57″E / 31.3405139°N 34.3446028°E / 31.3405139; 34.3446028
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Khan Yunis
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	9,290

Abasan al-Saghira (Arabic : عبسان الصغيرة) is a Palestinian agricultural town located in the Khan Yunis Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern Gaza Strip. It is located 2 km southeast of Khan Yunis. According to the 2017 census conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Abasan al-Saghira had a population of 9,290. ^[1]

History

In 1886, at the end of the Ottoman era, Abasan al-Saghira consisted of about ten huts, with old building stones. ^[2]

British Mandate Period

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Abassan (presumably both Abasan al-Kabira and Abasan al-Saghira) had a population of 695; all Muslims, ^[3] increasing in the 1931 census (when they were clearly counted together) to 1144, still all Muslim, in 186 houses. ^[4]

In the 1945 statistics the two Abasans were still counted together, and had a population of 2,230, all Muslims, ^[5] with 16,084 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. ^[6] Of this, 92 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 15,616 used for cereals, ^[7] while 69 dunams were built-up land. ^[8]

References

1. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
2. Schumacher, 1886, p. 192
3. Barron, 1923, Table V, Sub-district of Gaza, p. 8
4. Mills, 1932, p. 2
5. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 31 Archived 2020-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
6. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 45 Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine
7. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 86 Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
8. Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 136 Archived 2013-09-30 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

• Barron, J.B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
• Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945.
• Hadawi, S. (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center. Archived from the original on 2018-12-08. Retrieved 2014-07-23.
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Schumacher, G. (1886). "Researches in Southern Palestine". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund . 18: 171–194.

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