Silat al-Harithiya
| Silat al-Harithiya | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | سيلة الحارثية |
| • Also spelled | Seilet el-Harthiya (unofficial) |
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View of Silat al-Harithiya from the west | |
  Silat al-Harithiya Location of Silat al-Harithiya within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°30′29″N 35°13′39″E / 32.50806°N 35.22750°ECoordinates: 32°30′29″N 35°13′39″E / 32.50806°N 35.22750°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Adnan Tahayana |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 9,422 |
Silat al-Harithiya (Arabic: سيلة الحارثية) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate, located 10 kilometers northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a population of 9,422 in 2007.[1]
Notable residents
- Yusuf Abu Durra, Palestinian Arab rebel leader during 1936 revolt against British
- Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Sunni Islamic scholar and theologian and founding member of al-Qaeda
References
- ↑ 2007 Locality Population Statistics. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 106.
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. 45)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (pp. 225- 226)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- 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. 153)
External links
- Welcome to Silat al Harithiya
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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