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Silat ad-Dhahr ((アラビア語:سيلة الظهر)) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 14 kilometers southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 5,794 in 2007.〔(2007 Locality Population Statistics ). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 107.〕 The healthcare facilities for the surrounding villages are based in Silat adh Dhahr, the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.〔(Health care Facilities Jenin Governorate )〕 The average elevation of the town is 400 meters above sea level. The population in 1997 was 4,439, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the estimated population in 2001 was approximately 6,000 and was divided into 51% males and 49% female, young people representing a very high percentage of inhabitants. About 30% of inhabitants are traders and 20% rely on agriculture, producing such products as olives and almonds. The village has a high level of education, and there is a large group of university graduates. There are water and electricity networks in the town, there are also telephone and Internet lines. There is also a health clinic and sports, social and cultural centers and libraries. There are five schools in the town: the Industrial School (co-ed, 150 students), a secondary school for boys (450 students), primary school for boys (500 students), a secondary school for girls (400 students), and a primary school for girls (650 students). ==History== A site on the ridge above Silat ad-Dhahr and with the same name contains Byzantine-era pottery sherds, mosaic fragments and a wine press.〔Zertal, 2004, p. (305 ).〕 Pottery sherds from the town of Silat ad-Dhahr itself indicate that it was founded during the early Islamic period (9th–10th centuries CE).〔Zertal, 2004, p. (303 ).〕 Arab chroniclers called it ''Silat ad-Dhahr'' to distinguish it from another homonymous Silat (Silet) northwest of Jenin.〔Clermont-Ganneau, 1888, p. (331 )〕 The Crusaders conquered the area in 1099 and referred to the village as "Sileta". King Baldwin IV of the Kingdom of Jerusalem confirmed the sale in 1178 of the village made by the viscount of Nablus (''vicecomes Neapolitanus'') to the Knights Hospitaller. The transaction included 103 "Bedouin tents", meaning homes, indicating that the tribal lands of the latter were in the vicinity of Silat ad-Dhahr. The total price paid was 5,500 bezants, of which 2,000 were for the village itself.〔〔Ellenblum, 2003, p. ( 246 )〕〔Clermont-Ganneau, 1888, p. (331 ); cited in Röhricht, 1893, RHH, pp. (150 )-1, #565 :'Amalricus, vicecomes Neapolitanus, filius Baldevini vicecomitis bonae memoriae, domui Hospitalis per manum Rogerii de Molinis magistri omnes suos bedevinos de genere Benekarkas et alios 111 Millibus et D bisantiis vendit.'〕〔Conder, 1890, p. (35 ); Clermont-Ganneau, 1888, p. (331 ); both cited in Röhricht, 1893, RHH, p. (151 ), #566〕 Just north of Silat ad-Dhahr is Neby Lawin,〔"the prophet Levi" according to Palmer, 1881, p. (188 )〕 known in Crusader sources as ''Loie'' or ''Loja'',〔 while considered the burial place of Levi in the late 19th century.〔Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. (219 )〕 The village was mentioned by geographer Yaqut al-Hamawi in his Mu'jam al-Buldan, written in the early 13th century, during Ayyubid rule.〔 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「Silat ad-Dhahr」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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