Ramin () is a Palestinian village in the northeastern West Bank, located 15 kilometers east of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 1,998 in 2017.

History Ceramics from the earlyZertal, 2004, pp. 375-376 and late Roman,Dauphin, 1998, p. 764 Byzantine early Moslem, and Medieval eras have been found here.

During the early Crusader era, Daniel the Traveller reported that he saw a church here, identified by local Christians as the burial place of Joseph of Arimathea. Ḍiyāʼ al-Dīn (1173-1245) reported that there were Muslims living in Ramin during his lifetime.Ellenblum, 2003, p. 244

Ottoman era Ramin, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517. In the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the nahiya ("subdistrict") of Jabal Sami, part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 9 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33.3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 4,930 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 127

In 1838, Edward Robinson noted it on his travels in the region,Robinson and Smith, 1841, pp. 138, 144 and placed it in the Wady esh-Sha'ir administrative region, west of Nablus.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2nd Appendix, p. 129 In 1870, Victor Guérin described it as a village situated on a high hill with 700 inhabitants. He further noted that the small square in front of the madafeh (guest house) was paved with large slabs of an ancient appearance.Guérin, 1875, p. 211

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Ramin as "a village of moderate size, on a hill, with a second knoll to the east, whence its name. It has a few olives beneath it."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 160

British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Ramin had a population of 320 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table XI, Sub-district of Tulkarm, p. 27 increasing in the 1931 census to 423 Muslims, living in 113 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 56

In the 1945 statistics the population of Ramin was 630 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 21 who owned 8,868 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 76 Of this, 745 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 2,575 were used for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 127 while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 177

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

In 1961, the population of Ramin was 864.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 27

Post 1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ramin has been under Israeli occupation, and according to the Israeli census of that year, the population of Ramin stood at 818, of whom 8 were registered as being refugees from Israel.

Ramin's population is made up of the families of Salman (30%), Zafer (24%), Hamad (22%) and Zeiden (24%).The Effects of the Israeli Practices on Residents of Ramin village Land Research Center. 22 June 2004

Ramin's total land area is about 8,500 dunams, of which 422 dunums is built-up area, about 500 dunams for quarries and 500 dunams for pastures. 470 dunams have been confiscated for the Israeli settlement of Enav, and for other Israeli causes (such as bypass roads, military positions). Ramin's remaining land is covered by olive and almond orchards. Israeli settlers set fire to agricultural lands in Ramin village Land Research Center. 14 June 2007

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External links Welcome To Ramin Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons