Ash-Sheikh Sa'd

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ash-Sheikh Sa'd
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 •  Arabic خربة الشيخ سعد
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ash-Sheikh Sa'd
Location of ash-Sheikh Sa'd within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′14″N35°15′26″E / 31.73722°N 35.25722°E / 31.73722; 35.25722
State State of Palestine
Governorate Jerusalem
Government
 • Type Village council
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total2,776
Name meaningSheik Sad -from "fortunate" [2]

ash-Sheikh Sa'd (Arabic : خربة الشيخ سعد) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers Southeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,776 in 2017. [1]

Contents

The village's residents have family in Jabel Mukaber, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and attend school there. Sheikh Sa'd's cemetery is located in the neighborhood as well. Since the Second Intifada in 2000, Sheikh Sa'd residents have not been allowed to enter Jabel Mukaber without a permit. [3]

History

I 1838, it was noted as a "ruined" village in the el-Arkub District, south west of Jerusalem. [4]

Footnotes

  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. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 328
  3. ↑ Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours Reuters . 4 March 2007.
  4. ↑ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 125

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