an-Nazla al-Wusta | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | النزله الوسطه |
Location of an-Nazla al-Wusta within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°24′31″N35°05′46″E / 32.40861°N 35.09611°E | |
Palestine grid | 159/201 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Tulkarm |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017) [1] | |
• Total | 437 |
Name meaning | The middle settlement [2] |
An-Nazla al-Wusta (Arabic : النزله الوسطه) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 17 kilometers North-east of Tulkarm.
Pottery remains from the Ottoman era have been found here. [3]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described Nuzlet el Wusta as a hamlet smaller than Nuzlet et Tinat, and located "on a spur, with a few trees." [4]
In the 1945 statistics the population of Nazla el Wusta was 60 Muslims, [5] with 1,609 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. [6] Of this, 264 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 428 were used for cereals, [7] while 2 dunams were built-up (urban) land. [8]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, An-Nazla al-Wusta came under Jordanian rule. It was annexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population of Nazla Wusta was 128. [9]
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, An-Nazla al-Wusta has been under Israeli occupation.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an-Nazla al-Wusta had a population of approximately 437 inhabitants in 2017. [1] 38.7% of the population of an-Nazla al-Wusta were refugees in 1997. [10] The healthcare facilities for an-Nazla al-Wusta are based in an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2. [11]