Bruqin

Bruqin is located {{convert|7.9|km|mi|sp=us}} west of Salfit. It is bordered by Salfit and Farkha to the east, Qarawat Bani Zaid, Kafr 'Ein and Bani Zeid to the south, Kafr ad Dik to the west, and Haris and Sarta to the north.

Bruqin is an ancient site. Here French explorer Victor Guérin found a large number of cut stones in the walls of modern houses, and an ancient tomb near the village with two sepulchral chambers.Guérin, 1875, pp. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n173/mode/1up 148], [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n178/mode/1up 153], as cited in Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/306/mode/1up 306]

Sherds from the Byzantine, Umayyad, Crusader/Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found here.Finkelstein, 1997, p. 283

The place appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as Bruqin, being in the Nahiya of Jabal Qubal of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 16 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on wheat, barley, summer crops, olives, and goats or beehives, in addition for a press for olives or grapes; a total of 2,000 Akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 134.

Bruqin appears in tax records from the years 1671 and 1832.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 354

In the 18th and 19th centuries, the village formed part of the highland region known as Jūrat ‘Amra or Bilād Jammā‘īn. Situated between Dayr Ghassāna in the south and the present Route 5 in the north, and between Majdal Yābā in the west and Jammā‘īn, Mardā and Kifl Ḥāris in the east, this area served, according to historian Roy Marom, "as a buffer zone between the political-economic-social units of the Jerusalem and the Nablus regions. On the political level, it suffered from instability due to the migration of the Bedouin tribes and the constant competition among local clans for the right to collect taxes on behalf of the Ottoman authorities."{{Cite journal |last=Marom |first=Roy |date=2022-11-01 |title=Jindās: A History of Lydda's Rural Hinterland in the 15th to the 20th Centuries CE |url=https://www.academia.edu/90931976/Jind%C4%81s_A_History_of_Lyddas_Rural_Hinterland_in_the_15th_to_the_20th_Centuries_CE |journal=Lod, Lydda, Diospolis |volume=1 |pages=17}}

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it as a village, Berukin, in the Jurat Merda district, south of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/127/mode/1up 127]

In 1870, Victor Guérin estimated that the village had 300 inhabitants.Guérin, 1875, p. [https://archive.org/stream/descriptiongogr04gugoog#page/n178/mode/1up 153]

In 1870/1871 (1288 AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of Jamma'in al-Thani, subordinate to Nablus.{{Cite book |last=Grossman |first=David |title=Arab Demography and Early Jewish Settlement in Palestine |publisher=Magnes Press |year=2004 |location=Jerusalem |pages=252}}

In 1882, PEF's Survey of Western Palestine, the village (called Berukin) was described as a "moderate-sized village on the end of a spur, with a steep slope to the valley beneath, in which are springs just below the houses. On the south are caves, on the north olives."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp02conduoft#page/283/mode/1up 283]

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Bruqin had a population of 367, all Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Nablus, p. [https://archive.org/stream/PalestineCensus1922/Palestine%20Census%20%281922%29#page/n28/mode/1up 26] increasing in the 1931 census to 534, again all Muslim, in a total of 90 houses.Mills, 1932, p. [https://archive.org/details/CensusOfPalestine1931.PopulationOfVillagesTownsAndAdministrativeAreas 60]

In the 1945 statistics the population was 690, all Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. [http://cs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/VSpages/VS1945_p18.jpg 18] while the total land area was 12,628 dunams, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20I/Nablus/Page-059.jpg 59] Of this, 3,175 were allocated for plantations and irrigable land, 2,301 for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20II/Nablus/Page-105.jpg 105] while 28 dunams were classified as built-up areas.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/download/VillageStatistics/Table%20III/Nablus/Page-155.jpg 155]

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Bruqin came under Jordanian rule.

In 1961, the population was 1,141.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. [http://users.cecs.anu.edu.au/~bdm/yabber/census/JordanCensusPages/JordanCensus1961-p26.pdf 26]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Bruqin has been under Israeli occupation. Its villagers state that after 1987, the toxic output from Israeli industries located in settlement areas has produced chronic health problems for local Palestinians.Eric Reidy, [http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2013/12/palestinians-thirst-water-treatment-plant-2013121612171192492.html 'Palestinians thirst for water treatment plant,'] Al Jazeera 21 December 2013.

After the 1995 accords, 8.4% of village land is defined as being in Area A, 35.8% in Area B, while the remainder 55.8% is in Area C. In 1981, Israel confiscated 684 dunams of village land for the Barqan Industrial Zone, and in 1990 confiscated 332 dunums of village land for the Israeli settlement of Bruchin.[http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/vprofile/Bruqin_tp_en.pdf Bruqin Town Profile], ARIJ, 2013, p. 17

In 2014 the Shomron Regional Council began work to develop a 25-acre farm on a hill just northwest of Bruqin, forming part of 110 acres belonging to the nearby Palestinian villages of Adiq and Biddya. Though Adiq is in Area A, under Palestinian jurisdiction, its village lands lie in Area C, where Palestinian construction is prohibited, and which Israel declared its state land in 1985. Access to the farmland is through Bruqin's land, which is planted with their olive groves. The apparent intent is to create territorial continuity between the Green line and the Israeli settlement of Ariel, via new settlements such as Leshem and Bruchin. According to Bruqin villages, use of the access road is illegal, and Israel is blocking the villages' own roads to Sarta.Amira Hass, [http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.597294 'Israel building farm on Palestinian land,'] Haaretz, 6 June 2014.

Around 70% of working-age males were employed in Israel as laborers prior to the Second Intifada. Today, the unemployment rate is 80%. There is agricultural work it is seasonal. Around 150 out of 500 families are dependent on aid, from the Red Cross or the Social Affairs Ministry of the Palestinian National Authority. There are two mosques, a youth club and a gym in the town. There are also three schools in the town, including an all-girls school for grades 1 to 12, a boys primary and secondary school and a boys high school. For hospital care, residents travel to Ramallah, but for emergency treatment they go to nearby Salfit.

Bruqin depends primarily on agriculture to meet its basic needs. The town's total land area is 13,237 dunams, of which 1,336 dunams is built-up area. Around 1,200 dunams are planted with orchards, especially olive, about 3,000 dunams of land is used for shepherding while approximately 8,000 dunams are used for settlement purposes, including settlements and by-pass roads.[http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1020 More of Bruqin's and Kafr Ad Dik's land are targeted by the Segregation Wall] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528012830/http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=1020 |date=2007-05-28 }} Land Research Center (LRC). 2007-03-05

Bruqin is governed by a municipal council, with elections scheduled to occur every four years.

The main families of the town are Barakat, Sabra, Samara and Khater.

A number of its inhabitants have, in more recent times, originated from Deir Ghassana.Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 354

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• [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Buruqin_Ibruqin_932/index.html Welcome To Buruqin/Ibruqin]
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• [http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/images/english/Bruqin_ap_en.jpg Bruqin photo], ARIJ
• [http://vprofile.arij.org/salfit/pdfs/needsfordevelopment/Bruqin_needs_en.pdf Development Priorities and Needs in Bruqin], ARIJ
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• [http://poica.org/2011/11/torching-340-trees-in-bruqin-salfit-governorate/ Torching 340 Trees in Bruqin – Salfit Governorate] 14, November, 2011, POICA

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