Ein Yabrud

Ein Yabrud
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic عين يبرود
  Also spelled 'Ein Yabrud (official)
Ayn Yabrood (unofficial)
Ein Yabrud

Location of Ein Yabrud within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 31°56′51″N 35°14′55″E / 31.94750°N 35.24861°E / 31.94750; 35.24861Coordinates: 31°56′51″N 35°14′55″E / 31.94750°N 35.24861°E / 31.94750; 35.24861
Governorate Ramallah & al-Bireh
Government
  Type Municipality
  Head of Municipality Awni Hasan Sha'ib
Area
  Jurisdiction 11,488 dunams (11.5 km2 or 4.4 sq mi)
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 3,000

Ein Yabrud (Arabic: عين يبرود) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank. It is located approximately 7 km northeast of the city of Ramallah and its elevation is 800 m. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Ein Yabrud had a population of 788 inhabitants, in 178 houses.[1] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) the town had a population of 3,000 in 2007.[2] It is the home village of Hamas military commander Maher Udda.[3]

Land confiscation

Jordan confiscated lands of Ein Yabrud and nearby Silwad for the construction of a military camp before the Six Day War.[4] The Jordanian buildings formed the initial basis of the Israeli settlement of Ofra founded in 1975.[4] Plans for further expansion of Ofra in this land in 2011 resulted in legal challenges and public dispute.[4] Land belonging to the residents of the village has been used to construct hundreds of structures in the neighbouring Israeli settlement of Ofra.[5]

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