Deir Ballut

Deir Ballut
Other transcription(s)
- Arabic	دير بلّوط
- Also spelled	Dayr Ballout (official) Deir al-Ballut (unofficial)
Deir Ballut Location of Deir Ballut within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°03′55.51″N 35°01′30.01″E / 32.0654194°N 35.0250028°E / 32.0654194; 35.0250028Coordinates: 32°03′55.51″N 35°01′30.01″E / 32.0654194°N 35.0250028°E / 32.0654194; 35.0250028
Governorate	Salfit
Government
- Type	Village Council
Population (2006)
- Jurisdiction	3,700
Name meaning	"Monastery (or Convent) of the Oak"

Deir Ballut (Arabic: دير بلّوط‎) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 41 kilometers (25 mi) south west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 3,700 in mid-year 2006.^[1]

Arab geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi records in 1226, while Deir Ballut was under Mamluk rule, "Deir al-Ballut was a village of district around ar-Ramla."^[2] Deir Ballut was the site of minor engagement between Turkish and British troops on the March 12, 1918.

View of Deir Ballut (foreground) from Peduel

References

1. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Salfit District by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
2. ^ le Strange, 1890, p.428.

Bibliography

• le Strange, Guy (1890), Palestine Under the Moslems: A Description of Syria and the Holy Land from A.D. 650 to 1500, Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund, http://books.google.com/?id=ENANAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA493&dq=Lajjun+Guy+le+Strange