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Ni'lin ((アラビア語:نعلين)) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located west of Ramallah. Ni'lin is about east of the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) bordered by Deir Qaddis, the Israeli settlements of Nili and Na'ale to the northeast, the village of al-Midya and Modi'in Illit (Kiryat Sefer) settlement bloc are to the south, Budrus (4 km) and Qibya (5 km) villages are located to the northwest. The town's total land area consists of approximately 15,000 dunams of which 660 is urban. Under the Oslo II 93.3% of town lands has been classed as 'Area C'.〔(ARIJ ) Areas Definition in Oslo II Interim Agreement of September 1995 〕 Most of the town's inhabitants rely on agriculture for income and prior to the outbreak of the Second Intifada, many had jobs in construction in Israel.〔(The Environmental status of Ni'lin Village ) (Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem ) (ARIJ) 2008-01-29〕 According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 4,750 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.〔(Projected Mid-Year Population ) for Ramallah & Al Bireh Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006〕 Situated 262 meters (860 feet) above sea level, Ni'lin has mild winters and hot, dry summers with temperatures averaging 32 °C (88 °F) during the day. ==History== Potsherds from the late Iron Age (8-7th century B.C.E.), Hellenistic, Byzantine, Crusader/Ayyubid, Mamluk and early Ottoman period have been found.〔Finkelstein, 1997, pp. 182-183〕 A person named Isaac de Naelein is mentioned in a Crusader text of the year 1167 in relation to nearby Casale St. Maria (Aboud).〔Röhricht, 1887, p. (294 ); cited in Finkelstein, 1997, p. 183. See also Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. (113 ), No. 433〕 In 1517, Ni'lin was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the ''Nahiya'' of Ramla of the ''Liwa'' of Gaza. It had a population of 72 households, all Muslim, and paid taxes on wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, fruit trees, goats and/or beehives, and a press olives or grapes.〔Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 155.〕 In 1882 the Palestine Exploration Fund's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' described Ni'lin (called N'alin) as a "large village on high ground, surrounded by olives, and supplied by cisterns."〔Conder and Kitchener, 1882, p. (298 )〕 In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village, (named ''Na'lin''), had a population of 1,160, all Muslims,〔Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramleh, p. 22〕 while in the 1931 census the population of Ni'lin was 1249, 1 Christian and the rest Muslim, in 299 inhabited houses.〔Mills, 1932, p. (22 )〕 In 1945 the population of Ni'lin was 1,420, all Arabs, who owned 15,875 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.〔Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. (67 )〕 Of this, 5,921 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 3,053 dunams were used for cereals,〔Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. (116 )〕 while 29 dunams were built-up (urban) land.〔Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. ''Village Statistics, April, 1945.'' Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. (166 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ni'lin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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