Al-Ras

al-Ras
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	الرأس
• Also spelled	ar-Ras (official)
al-Ras Location of al-Ras within the Palestinian Territories
Coordinates: 32°15′05.64″N 35°03′43.13″E / 32.2515667°N 35.0619806°ECoordinates: 32°15′05.64″N 35°03′43.13″E / 32.2515667°N 35.0619806°E
Governorate	Tulkarm
Government
• Type	Village council
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	506

al-Ras (Arabic: الرأس‎) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 7 kilometers South-east of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Ras had a population of approximately 506 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.^[1] 11.1% of the population of al-Ras were refugees in 1997.^[2] The healthcare facilities for al-Ras are based in Kafr Sur, where the facilities are designated as MOH level 2.^[3]

Footnotes

1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Tulkarm Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
2. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
3. Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate

Bibliography

• Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
• Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 166, 210)
• Dauphin, Claudine (1998). La Palestine byzantine, Peuplement et Populations. BAR International Series 726 (in French). III : Catalogue. Oxford: Archeopress. (p. 769)
• Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
• Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 141)
• Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
• Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 189)

External links

• Welcome To al-Ras
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons