Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa


Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank situated in the Jordan Valley, located 3 kilometers northwest of Jericho. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa had a population of over 814 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In 1997, refugees constituted 27.9% of the population. The primary health care for the village is through contributions from the Ministry of Health and Medical Relief Committee.

History

Ottoman era

It was noted as mazra’a near Riha in the 945 AH/1538-1539 CE Ottoman tax records, and as a mazra’a near An-Nuway'imah in the 1005 AH/1596-1597 CE tax records.
In 1838 Edward Robinson noted the "large and beautiful fountain or rather fountains" at Duk.
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine noted at Ain ed Duk: "Near this spring a tomb was examined in the side of the hill. It is a chamber with 21 kokim in two tiers. There are other caves near it, and broken sarcophagi. The one excavated measures 16 feet by 17 feet. The lower tier contains three kokim at the back, and 4 each side. The upper tier has only three on the left hand side. The kokim are 2 feet wide, 6 feet 8 inches long, and 3 feet 4 inches high. Near the same place were found two shafts 3 feet long and 2 feet 8 inches diameter."

British Mandate era

In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, ad-Duyuk, together with Al-Auja and Nweimeh had a population of 332; 322 Muslims and 10 Christians, where the Christians were 7 Orthodox, and 3 Syrian Catholic. In the 1931 census Duyuk had a population of 291 Muslims, in 66 houses.
In the 1945 statistics, Duyuk's population was 730 Muslims and it had jurisdiction over 21,332 dunams of land. Of this, 399 dunams were for citrus and bananas, 2,050 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 1,171 for cereals, while a total of 17,712 dunams were non-cultivable areas.

Jordanian era

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Ein ad-Duyuk at-Foqa came under Jordanian rule.

Post-1967

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ein ad-Duyuk al-Foqa has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 52.3% of the land of Ein ad Duyuk al Fauqa is classified as Area A, the remaining 47.7% is Area C.