ash-Sheikh Sa'd

ash-Sheikh Sa'd
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	خربة الشيخ سعد
ash-Sheikh Sa'd Location of ash-Sheikh Sa'd within the Palestinian Territories
Coordinates: 31°44′22.27″N 35°15′10.12″E / 31.7395194°N 35.2528111°ECoordinates: 31°44′22.27″N 35°15′10.12″E / 31.7395194°N 35.2528111°E
Governorate	Jerusalem
Government
• Type	Village council
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	2,406
Name meaning	Sheik Sad -from "fortunate"[1]

ash-Sheikh Sa'd (Arabic: خربة الشيخ سعد‎) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers Southeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,406 in 2006.^[2]

The village's residents have family in Jabel Mukaber — an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and attend school there. Sheikh Sa'd's cemetery is located in the neighborhood as well. Since the Second Intifada in 2000, Sheikh Sa'd residents have not been allowed to enter Jabel Mukaber without a permit.^[3]

Footnotes

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 328
2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
3. Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours Reuters. 4 March 2007.

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• Welcome To al-Shaykh Sa'ad
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Ash Sheikh Sa'd Village (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
• Ash Sheikh Sa'd Village Profile, ARIJ
• Ash Sheikh Sa'd areal photo, ARIJ
• Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Ash Sheikh Sa'd, ARIJ