Dar Salah

Dar Salah
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic دار صلاح
Dar Salah

Location of Dar Salah within the Palestinian Territories

Coordinates: 31°42′42.68″N 35°15′06.12″E / 31.7118556°N 35.2517000°E / 31.7118556; 35.2517000Coordinates: 31°42′42.68″N 35°15′06.12″E / 31.7118556°N 35.2517000°E / 31.7118556; 35.2517000
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 3,373

Dar Salah (Arabic: دار صلاح) is a Palestinian village located 6 km (4 mi) east of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,373 in 2007.[1]

As of February 2015, Dar Salah had the only ostrich farm in the Palestinian territories, a unique project by a local farmer.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.117.
  2. Shatha Yaish with Imad Abu Sombul, Palestinian farms break new ground with ostrich and mushrooms, AFP, February 20, 2015

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