Haris, Salfit

Haris
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic حارس
Haris

Location of Haris within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 32°06′51″N 35°08′28″E / 32.11417°N 35.14111°E / 32.11417; 35.14111Coordinates: 32°06′51″N 35°08′28″E / 32.11417°N 35.14111°E / 32.11417; 35.14111
Palestine grid 163/169
Governorate Salfit
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2006)
  Jurisdiction 3,063

Haris (Arabic: حارس) is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,427 approximately in mid-year 2007.[1]

History

In a census conducted in 1922 by the British Mandate authorities, Haris (called: Hares) had a population of 285, all Muslims.[2]

Loss of land

Haris has been directly affected by the construction of the wall on the West Bank and the settlements surrounding Ariel and the Barqan (or Barkan) Industrial Zone. ARIJ, a Palestinian research institute lists the losses as follows:

Israeli Settlements bordering Haris village and land loss
Settlement Date of establishment Pop 2007 Area/Dunums Area confiscated from the village
Barqan 1981 1,300 649 304
Revava 1991 827 399 78
Barqan Industrial Zone 1981 -- 1,417 1,417
Qiryat Netafim 1982 438 386 188
Ariel West Park Industrial NA -- 1,728 1,110
Total 2,565 4,579 3,097
Source: ARIJ 2008[3]

In late October 2014, Israel confiscated a further 20 dunams (5 acres) of land, near the Israeli settlement of Barkan.[4]

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