Deir Sharaf
| Deir Sharaf | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير شرف |
| • Also spelled | Dayr Sharaf (official) |
  Deir Sharaf Location of Deir Sharaf within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′15.10″N 35°11′17.45″E / 32.2541944°N 35.1881806°ECoordinates: 32°15′15.10″N 35°11′17.45″E / 32.2541944°N 35.1881806°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,759 |
Deir Sharaf (Arabic: دير شرف) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 9 kilometers northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,759 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
Land
On 3 July 2014, Israeli authorities stated that they were confiscating 16 dunams of land near the village for what they called military purposes. 'Israeli authorities issued confiscation orders for 16 dunams of Palestinian land west of N,' Ma'an News Agency 3 July 2014.
References
Bibliography
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- 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. (p. 159)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- 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.126)
- 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. 182)
External links
- Welcome To Dayr Sharaf
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Deir Sharaf Village Profile, ARIJ
- Dayr Sharaf areal photo, ARIJ
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