Odala
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| Odala | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | اودلة |
| • Also spelled | Odala (official) Udala (unofficial) |
Odala in 2011
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| Coordinates: 32°09′11.76″N 35°16′35.03″E / 32.1532667°N 35.2763972°ECoordinates: 32°09′11.76″N 35°16′35.03″E / 32.1532667°N 35.2763972°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,082 |
Odala (Arabic: اودلة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers South of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,082 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
History[edit]
In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, "Udala" had 17 occupied houses and a population of 73, all Muslim.[2]
References[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 288)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, Victor (1874). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 461)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 134)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 225)
External links[edit]
- Welcome To Udala
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Odala, aerial photo
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