Al-Jarushiya

al-Jarushiya
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
•  Arabic	الجاروشية
al-Jarushiya Location of al-Jarushiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°20′50″N35°03′02″E / 32.34722°N 35.05056°E / 32.34722; 35.05056
Palestine grid	155/194
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Tulkarm
Government
• Type	Village council
Population  (2017) [1]
• Total	1,183

al-Jarushiya (Arabic : الجاروشية) is a Palestinian village in the Tulkarm Governorate in the western West Bank, located 6 kilometers North of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al Jarushiya had a population of 1,183 inhabitants in 2017. ^[1] 8.4% of the population of al-Jarushiya were refugees in 1997. ^[2] The healthcare facilities for the surrounding villages are based in al-Jarushiya, the facilities are designated as MOH level 2. ^[3]

History

In 1961, under Jordanian rule, the population of Jarushiya was 245. ^[4]

Post 1967

After the Six-Day War in 1967, Al-Jarushiya came under Israeli occupation.

Footnotes

1. Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
2. Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
3. Health care Facilities Tulkarm Governorate
4. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 27

Bibliography

• Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).

External links

• Welcome To al-Jaroushiyya
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons