Ash-Shuyukh
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| Ash-Shuyukh | |
| Arabic | الشيوخ |
| Government | Municipality |
| Also Spelled | Al-Shuyukh (officially) |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Population | 8,430 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction | 22,088 dunams (22.1 km²) |
Ash-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh (Arabic: الشيوخ) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate located 6km northeast of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, ash-Shuyukh had a population of 8,430 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.
Like the rest of the Hebron area, ash-Shuyukh is an agricultural area. Primary crops include olives, figs, almonds, lentils, peaches and apricots. Olive groves cover 980 dunams while grains and pulses cover 680 dunams. There are about 2,000 sheep and goats in the town raised as livestock.[1]
The first school was established in 1940 by Mohammed Mahmoud Eid. Another school was built in 2002 in honor of a resident killed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Shuyukh Agriculture, Economy and History In Arabic
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