Haris, Salfit

Haris
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	حارس
Haris Location of Haris within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°06′51″N 35°08′28″E / 32.11417°N 35.14111°ECoordinates: 32°06′51″N 35°08′28″E / 32.11417°N 35.14111°E
Palestine grid	163/169
Governorate	Salfit
Government
• Type	Village council
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	3,063

Haris (Arabic: حارس‎‎) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,427 approximately in mid-year 2007.^[1]

History

In a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Haris (called: Hares) had a population of 285, all Muslims.^[2]

Loss of land

Haris has been directly affected by the construction of the wall on the West Bank and the settlements surrounding Ariel and the Barqan (or Barkan) Industrial Zone. ARIJ, a Palestinian research institute lists the losses as follows:

Israeli Settlements bordering Haris village and land loss

Settlement	Date of establishment	Pop 2007	Area/Dunums	Area confiscated from the village
Barqan	1981	1,300	649	304
Revava	1991	827	399	78
Barqan Industrial Zone	1981	--	1,417	1,417
Qiryat Netafim	1982	438	386	188
Ariel West Park Industrial	NA	--	1,728	1,110
Total		2,565	4,579	3,097
Source: ARIJ 2008[3]

In late October 2014, Israel confiscated a further 20 dunams (5 acres) of land, near the Israeli settlement of Barkan.^[4]

References

1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Salfit District by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2. Barron, 1923, Table IX
3. ARIJ, New Palestinian houses threatened of Demolition by the Israeli Occupation Authorities, 2 December 2008
4. ',' Ma'an News Agency 23 October 2014

Bibliography

• 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. (pp. 284, 322)
• Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3. (I p. 454)
• Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 159)
• 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. 131)
• 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. 229)

External links

• Welcome To Haris
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Haris Village (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
• Haris Village Profile, ARIJ
• Haris, aerial photo, ARIJ