Aboud

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Aboud
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعابود
 • Latin'Abud (official)
Abboud (unofficial)
Aboud from the south
Aboud from the south
Aboud is located in State of Palestine
Aboud
Aboud
Location of Aboud within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°00′54″N 35°04′05″E / 32.01500°N 35.06806°E / 32.01500; 35.06806
Palestine grid156/158
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeVillage council
 • Head of MunicipalityElias Azar
Area
 • Total15,000 dunams (15.0 km2 or 5.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,153
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Name meaningAbud, personal name, from "to worship"[2]

Aboud (Arabic: عابود, ʿĀbūd) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, northwest of Ramallah and 30 kilometers north of Jerusalem. Nearby towns include al-Lubban to the northeast and Bani Zeid to the northwest.

Aboud is believed to be the site of a Jewish settlement before the Bar Kokhba revolt.[3][4] During the Byzantine period, Aboud likely housed a significant Christian community,[5] with the early architectural elements of St. Mary Church indicating construction from that era.[6] Despite Arabization during the early Muslim period, the community retained the Aramaic language for ceremonial and liturgical purposes.[7] During the Crusades, Aboud was known as Casale Santa Maria, primarily inhabited by local Orthodox Christians with a minority of Crusader settlers.[8] Ottoman records indicate a predominant Syrian Christian majority in the sixteenth century, a status that endured into the nineteenth century.[5]

According to the 2017 census conducted by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,153.[1] Its citizens are majority Christians, mostly Eastern Orthodox. Near the village are numerous natural springs, which are sources for the Yarkon River.

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 221
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  5. ^ a b Tramontana, Felicita (2014). "Chapter I "Christians in Seventeenth-century Palestine"". Passages of Faith: Conversion in Palestinian villages (17th century) (1 ed.). Harrassowitz Verlag. pp. 24–25. doi:10.2307/j.ctvc16s06.6. ISBN 978-3-447-10135-6.
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