az-Za'ayyem | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
![]() Az-Za'ayyem and Az-Za'ayyem checkpoint, from the air | |
Location of az-Za'ayyem within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°47′16.41″N35°15′54.11″E / 31.7878917°N 35.2650306°E | |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jerusalem |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017) [1] | |
• Total | 6,270 |
az-Za'ayyem (Arabic : الزعیّم) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 3 kilometers east of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 6,270 in 2017. [1] The healthcare facilities for az-Za'ayyem according to the Ministry of Health are obtained in East Jerusalem. [2]
After the 1967 Six-Day War, az-Za'ayyem has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 3.8% (or 236 dunams) of the land was classified as Area B, the remaining 96.2% (or 5,896 dunams) as Area C. [3]
Israel has confiscated land from az-Za'ayyem in order to construct two Israeli settlements:
Az-Za'ayyem lies close to Highway 1 to Jerusalem and the az-Za'ayyem check point in the separation barrier. [4] [5] [6] [7]