'Islin (عسلين)

Place

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Museum of the Palestinian People (MPP)

Place Name

'Islin (عسلين)

Place Description

A historic Palestinian village in the Jerusalem subdistrict, situated on a hill on the southern slope of a mountain, facing southeast, with a wadi running along its western and southern edges and located about 1 km west of the highway between Bayt Jibrin and the Jerusalem–Yaffa highway. Its agricultural landscape was based on rain-fed cultivation of cereals, fruit trees, olives, and vineyards, with 830 dunums devoted to cereals and 104 dunums to irrigated land or orchards in 1944/45; springs and wells provided drinking water, while the agricultural lands extended north and southeast of the village.

Also Known As

عسلين, Asleen, Aslin, Islin

Place Type

Village

Located In

Historical Region

Jerusalem Region (الْـقُـدْس)
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Palestine (فِلَسْطِين)

Continent

Asia

Map Coordinates

Latitude

31.784092

Longitude

35.006733

General Notes

Note Type

Cataloging Note

Note

POM_ID:504

Updated By

Wafa Ghnaim