Al-Ras
| al-Ras | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الرأس |
| • Also spelled | ar-Ras (official) |
  al-Ras Location of al-Ras within Palestine | |
| 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
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. 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. 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
- SWP map 11, IAA
- SWP map 11, Wikimedia commons
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