Piloting of systematic land registration in Palestine
Attallah, Asri ... [et al.]
The area of historical Palestine is 27 027 k-m2 of which 704 k-m2 are water areas. As a result of the political conditions and the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 the land of Palestine was divided as follows: − Israel 20 922 k-m2 (77.4%) − The West Bank 5,755 k-m2 (21.3%) − The Gaza Strip 351 k-m2 (1.3%) − Land in Palestine was originally managed and treated in accordance with the religious laws of Islam until the era of the Ottoman Empire that started to regulate land ownership. The system was proper at the time although it was primitive and far from being accurate in establishing the rights of all owners. In the 19300s a new law was initiated and the first wave of land surveyors was trained by the British to carry out the assignment.
Event: XXIII International FIG Congress : Shaping the change
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