As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya

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as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
 •  Arabic السواحرة الشرقية
 •  Latin as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (official)
al-Sawahira al-Sharqiyya; Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh; a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya (unofficial)
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as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya
Location of as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′37″N35°16′7″E / 31.74361°N 35.26861°E / 31.74361; 35.26861
State State of Palestine
Governorate Jerusalem
Government
 • Type Municipality
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total
6,204

as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (Arabic : السواحرة الشرقية) or Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers south-east of East Jerusalem in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya had a population of 6,204 inhabitants in 2017. [1] as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya shares the facilities, particularly schools and health amenities of the villages of Jabal Mukaber and ash-Sheikh Sa'd. The healthcare facilities for as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya are designated as Ministry of Health level 2. [2]

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History

In 1961, under Jordanian rule, the population was 279. [3]

1967–today

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 0.5% (or 335 dunums) of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya land was classified as Area A; 7.2% (or 5,005 dunums) as Area B; while the remaining 92.3% (or 63,902 dunums) was classified as Area C. [4]

Israel has confiscated land from As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya in order to construct two Israeli settlements:

References

  1. 1 2 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. ↑ Health care Facilities West Bank
  3. ↑ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
  4. 1 2 3 As Sawahira ash Sharqiya Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 18

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