'Atara
| 'Atara | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عطارة |
| • Also spelled | Attara (official) Ataroth (unofficial) |
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| Coordinates: 32°00′09″N 35°12′23″E / 32.00250°N 35.20639°ECoordinates: 32°00′09″N 35°12′23″E / 32.00250°N 35.20639°E | |
| Palestine grid | 169/156 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 9,545 dunams (9.5 km2 or 3.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,270 |
| Name meaning | Attara, Ataroth |
'Atara (Arabic: عطارة ′Atâra) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 15 kilometers north of Ramallah in the central West Bank. A village of nearly 2,300 inhabitants, it is situated along a mountain ridge line with four peaks and is built upon the second highest point in the West Bank at 810 meters above sea level. 'Atara's total land area consists of 9,545 dunams, most of which is cultivable.
'Atara is located 10.7 km north of Ramallah. It is bordered by and Silwad to the east, 'Abwein to the north, Burham, 'Ajjul and Umm Safa to the west, and Bir Zeit to the south.
Sherds from the Iron Age I, Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Mamluk eras have been found.Edward Robinson identified 'Atara with the Biblical Ataroth mentioned in the Book of Joshua. However, some modern authorities prefer to place Ataroth elsewhere.
In 1517, the village was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine. In 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Quds. It had a population of 55 Muslim households and paid taxes on wheat, barley, olives, vines or fruit trees, and goats or beehives.
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