Al-Zaitounah

This article is about Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. For other uses, see Mazraa (disambiguation).

al-Zaitounah
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	الزيتونة
• Also spelled	al-Zaytouneh^[1] (official)
Old core of al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya
al-Zaitounah Location of al-Zaitounah within the Palestinian Territories
Coordinates: 31°57′24.00″N 35°9′55.00″E / 31.9566667°N 35.1652778°E / 31.9566667; 35.1652778Coordinates: 31°57′24.00″N 35°9′55.00″E / 31.9566667°N 35.1652778°E / 31.9566667; 35.1652778
Palestine grid	166/152, 164/151
Governorate	Ramallah & al-Bireh
Founded	2005
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Head of Municipality	Abdullah Ladadwa
Area
• Jurisdiction	15,500 dunams (15.5 km² or 6.0 sq mi)
Population (2013)
• Jurisdiction	8,105
Name meaning	"the Olive"
Website	www.alzeitona-mun.org

Al-Zaitounah (Arabic: الزيتونة‎, meaning "the Olive") is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was formed in 2005 as the result of a merger of the villages of Abu Shukheidim and al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya. In 2007, al-Zaitounah had a population of 6,190, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).^[1]

References

1 2 2007 Census Final Results. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.

Bibliography

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Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 293 -294)
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Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate

Cities	Beitunia al-Bireh Ramallah Rawabi (under construction)

Municipalities	Bani Zeid Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya 'Arura Mazari al-Nubani Beit Liqya Bir Zeit Deir Dibwan al-Mazra'a ash-Sharqiya Ni'lin Silwad Sinjil Turmus Ayya al-Zaitounah Abu Shukhaidem al-Mazra'a al-Qibliya al-Ittihad Beitillu Deir 'Ammar Jammala Taybeh

Village councils	Aboud Abu Qash Abwein Ajjul 'Atara Badiw al-Muarrajat Beitin Beit Ur al-Fauqa Beit Ur al-Tahta Bil'in Beit Sira Budrus Burham Burqa Deir Ibzi Deir Jarir Deir Abu Mash'al Deir Nidham Deir Qaddis Deir as-Sudan Dura al-Qar' Ein 'Arik Ein Qiniya Ein Siniya Ein Yabrud al-Janiya Jibiya Jifna Jilijliya Kafr Ein Kafr Malik Kafr Ni'ma Kharbatha al-Misbah Kharbatha Bani Harith Khirbet Abu Falah Kobar al-Lubban al-Gharbi al-Midya al-Mughayyir Nabi Salih Qarawat Bani Zeid Qibya Rammun Rantis Ras Karkar Saffa Shabtin Shuqba Surda Umm Safa Yabrud

Refugee camps	Am'ari Deir 'Ammar Jalazone Qaddura Silwad

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