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°E / 32.2541944; 35.1881806Coordinates: 32°15′15.10″N 35°11′17.45″E / 32.2541944°N 35.1881806°E / 32.2541944; 35.1881806
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. ^[2]

References

↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Nablus Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
↑ 'Israeli authorities issued confiscation orders for 16 dunams of Palestinian land west of N,' Ma'an News Agency 3 July 2014.

Bibliography

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Deir Sharaf.

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. (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. 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 aerial photo, ARIJ

Nablus Governorate

Cities	Nablus (Balata al-Balad • Juneid • Rafidia)

Municipalities	Aqraba (Yanun) Asira al-Shamaliya Beita Beit Furik Huwara Jamma'in Qabalan Sebastia (Nisf Jubeil)

Villages	al-Aqrabaniya Asira al-Qibliya Awarta Azmut al-Badhan Beit Dajan Beit Hasan Beit Iba Beit Imrin Beit Wazan Bizzariya Burin Burqa Deir al-Hatab Deir Sharaf Duma Einabus Ein Shibli Furush Beit Dajan Ijnisinya Iraq Burin Jurish Kafr Qallil al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya (Ammuriya) Madama Majdal Bani Fadil an-Naqura an-Naseriya Odala Osarin Qaryut (Jalud) Qusin Qusra Rujeib Salim Sarra as-Sawiya Talfit Talluza Tell Urif Yasid Yatma Zawata Zeita Jamma'in

Refugee camps	Askar Balata Ein Beit al-Ma'

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