Pottery remains from the
Roman era have been found here.[3]
Southwest of the village, on the top of hill, is the tomb of Sheikh Khalil. It is constructed of old, reused stones, and pottery
sherds from the
Byzantine era have been found here.[3][4]
Pottery from the early
Muslim and the Middle Ages have been found here.[3]
Ottoman era
In 1870/1871 (1288
AH), an Ottoman census listed the village in the nahiya (sub-district) of al-Sha'rawiyya al-Sharqiyya.[5]
In 1882, the
PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described An-Nazla al-Gharbiya, then called Nuzlet et Tinat: "A little
hamlet with fig trees, and a
well to the west on low ground. It has caves opposite to it on the south."[6]
In the
1945 statistics the population of Nazla el Gharbiya was 100 Muslims,[8] with 2,320
dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.[9] Of this, 182 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 556 were used for cereals,[10] while 2 dunams were built-up (urban) land.[11]
According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an-Nazla al-Gharbiya had a population of approximately 1,110 inhabitants in 2017.[1] 6.1% of the population of an-Nazla al-Gharbiya were refugees in 1997.[13] The healthcare facilities for the surrounding villages are based in
Baqa ash-Sharqiyya, where the facilities are designated as
MOH level 3.[14]
^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p.
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^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
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^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
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^Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p.
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