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Nazlat 'Isa is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western West Bank, located 17 kilometers North of Tulkarm.HistoryCeramics from the Byzantine era have been found here, as has cisterns and tombs.In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the village, then named Nuzlet el Masfy as: "A small village on the low hills, with wells."British Mandate eraIn the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Nazlet Esa had a population of 203 Muslims, increasing in the 1931 census to 261 Muslims, living in 62 houses.In 1945 the population of Nazlat Isa was 380 Muslims, with 2,030 dunams of land according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 684 dunams were for plantations and irrigable land, 750 were used for cereals, while 12 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Jordanian eraIn the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Nazlat 'Isa came under Jordanian rule.