Wadi al-Arayis

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Wadi al-Arayis
Location of Wadi al-Arayis within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°42′39″N35°17′4″E / 31.71083°N 35.28444°E / 31.71083; 35.28444
State State of Palestine
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
  Type Village council
Population
 (2006)
  Total2,169

Wadi al-Arayis is a Palestinian village located ten kilometers east of Bethlehem.The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,169 in mid-year 2006. [1] The primary healthcare is obtained in al 'Ubeidiya where the Ministry of Heath have classified the care facilities as level 3. [2]

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History

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Wadi Arayis came under Jordanian rule.


In a 1961 census the population of Wadi Arayis was 357. [3]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the town has been under Israeli occupation

The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 501. [4]

Footnotes

  1. Projected Mid -Year Population for Bethlehem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. West Bank Healthcare
  3. Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
  4. Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute . Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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