Abasan al-Saghira

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

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)
 • Arabicعبسان الصغيرة
 • LatinAbasan al-Jadida (official)
Abasan al-Saghira is located in State of Palestine
Abasan al-Saghira
Abasan al-Saghira
Location of Abasan al-Saghira within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°20′25.85″N 34°20′40.57″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateKhan Yunis
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)
 • Total9,290

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. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). p. 82. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
  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

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