- Qarawat Bani Hassan
Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Qarawat Bani Hassan
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arname=قرواة بني حسن
meaning="Hospitality of the Hassan tribe"
founded=1948
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altOffSp=Qarawet Bani Hassan
altUnoSp=Qarawat Bani Hasan
governorate=sl
population=3,700
popyear=2006
area=9,684
areakm=9.7
mayor='Abd al-Majid Mari [ [http://www.nablus.org/en/htm/guide/Municipalities.htm Municipalities] Nablus Municipality]Qarawat Bani Hassan ( _ar. قرواة بني حسن) is a
Palestinian town in theSalfit Governorate , located thirty kilometers southwest of Nablus and seven kilometers northwest ofSalfit in the northernWest Bank . According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the town had a population of over 3,700 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop05.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Salfit District by Locality 2004- 2006]Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics ]It's total land area is 9,684
dunam s, of which 507 dunams is built-up area. Since the 1995Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , 10.7% of its municipal jurisdiction is under the civil administration of thePalestinian National Authority and the security ofIsrael , while 89.2% is under complete Israeli control. [ [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1126 New House Demolitions Threats in Qarawat Bani Hassan village] Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem.2007-08-05 .]History
Qarawat Bani Hassan contains the remains of an old Roman castle and Roman and Byzantium tombs.
Amr ibn al-A'as , a prominentArab commander of theRashidun army , was said to have been injured in the village. According to local tradition, a tree was planted on the spot where his blood was spilled. The story was written up in the village history in the year 1919. [http://www.iwps.info/en/articles/article.php?id=123 Qarawat Bani Hassan Village Profile] International Women's Peace Service.]Qarawat Bani Hassan was founded in 1948, after the
1948 Arab-Israeli War . Initially, at the beginning of the conflict, some residents of theArab town ofKafr Bara fled to the farther part of Kafr Bara's land. There they established a new town. [ [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1141 Qarawet Bani Hassan] Land Research Center.2007-08-26 .]Economy
Prior to the
Second Intifada , about 50% of the Qarawat Bani Hassan's residents of working age were employed. About 40% worked inIsrael and 10% in other work inside the village. Today, 10% of the working population worked in agriculture, 10% inIsraeli settlement s, and 10% as traders and store merchants.Primary agricultural products include olives, wheat, almonds, figs. Olive oil is the main product and the village produces an average of 102,000 litres of oil per year. Its inhabitants mostly export to
Jordan .Government
Qarawat Bani Hassan is governed by a village council of nine members. Each three members represent one of the three families of the village: 'Asi, Mar'ai and Rayan. Local elections do not take place, but family heads select their representatives.
Israel is in charge of security affairs and thePalestinian National Authority is responsible for civil affairs of the village. However, agricultural land is under the complete control of Israel.References
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