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Fasayil al-Wusta.
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Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine
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Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem: an archaeological Gazetter
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Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017
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A stone found at Fasayil commemorates a building project there dedicated to
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This article is about the village. For the brother of Herod the Great, see
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Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine
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There were 1,078 inhabitants and 214 buildings in the 2007 census.
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Palestinian Population by Locality, Sex and Age Groups in Years
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Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.
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Report on the Situation of Bedouin Refugees in the West Bank
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expedition visited and described the extensive ruins there.
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to the west. The village is located 2 km south of the
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Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics (1945).
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has confiscated land from Fasayil in order to build four
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Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p.
610:. The Jordanian census of 1961 recorded 318 residents.
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Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964).
380:, writes about the establishment of Phasaelis south of
831:. Jordan Valley Solidarity. 2013-08-19. Archived from
602:, the population of Fasayil was included with that of
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Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status
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Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Fasayil
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40:Municipality type D in Jericho, State of Palestine
1219:Corpus Inscriptionum Arabicarum Palaestinae, D-F
628:fleeing other parts of the West Bank in the 1967
492:Village sections, inhabitants and administration
365:called Tell Fasayil possibly corresponding to a
1247:with ancient sources, map, data. At ToposText,
291:(PCBS), the village had a population of 1,637.
1481:Monastery of Saints John and George of Choziba
97:View of Fasayil al-Fauqa (north Fasayil), 2014
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934:The fight to build a West Bank village school
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829:"Water for Fasayil Al-Wusta - Jordan Valley"
392:. The city is also found on the 6th-century
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814:Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, pp.
752:Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p.
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997:Israel Bureau of Statistics, 1967–1970.
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620:According to a census taken by the
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20:. For the Nabataean princess, see
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668:. February 2018. pp. 64–82
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725:"Phasaelis - (Kh. Fasayil)"
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306:History and archaeology
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630:Six-Day War
615:Six-day War
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482:Six-Day War
369:monastery.
325:client king
315:During the
257:Palestinian
251:), ancient
196:Governorate
162: /
1501:Categories
1471:Deir Hajla
1423:Marj Najah
1419:al-Jiftlik
1214:Sharon, M.
1124:Hadawi, S.
1110:Guérin, V.
871:2015-08-06
860:Al-Arabiya
839:2015-08-06
702:Jewish War
672:2023-10-24
639:References
480:Since the
468:After 1967
398:date palms
394:Madaba Map
376:, Flavius
222:Population
207:Government
150:35°26′36″E
147:32°01′30″N
1245:Phasaelis
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405:anchorite
382:Archelais
367:Byzantine
351:Phasaēlís
337:Phasaelis
261:West Bank
253:Phasaelis
130:Palestine
1517:Salome I
1406:Villages
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698:Josephus
626:refugees
502:Tel Arad
498:Bedouins
390:Salome I
386:toparchy
378:Josephus
346:Φασαηλίς
285:Petza'el
22:Phasa'el
1414:Fasayil
1386:Al-Auja
1340:Jericho
579:Israeli
564:Peza’el
359:Khirbet
355:Phasael
269:Jericho
255:, is a
241:Fasa'il
237:Fasayil
201:Jericho
180:192/161
122:Fasayil
47:Fasayil
34:Fasayil
18:Phasael
1332:Cities
1283:, ARIJ
1277:, ARIJ
1271:, ARIJ
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705:1.21.9
604:Aqraba
587:Area C
557:Gilgal
546:dunams
544:1,049
534:Israel
413:birkeh
329:Judaea
273:Nablus
245:Arabic
69:Arabic
1464:Other
1205:(p.
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891:UNRWA
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550:Tomer
341:Greek
249:فصايل
230:1,637
185:State
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