Jurat ash-Sham'a

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Jurat ash-Sham'a
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 •  Latin Jourah al-Sham'a (official)
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Jurat ash-Sham'a
Location of Jurat ash-Sham'a within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°38′57.03″N35°10′06.54″E / 31.6491750°N 35.1684833°E / 31.6491750; 35.1684833
State State of Palestine
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
 • Type Village council
Population
 (2017) [1]
 • Total1,778

Jurat ash-Sham'a is a Palestinian village located ten kilometers south of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,778 in 2017. [1] The primary healthcare is obtained in Beit Fajjar where the Ministry of Heath have classified the care facilities as level 3. [2]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the town has been held under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 263. [3]

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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. ↑ "West Bank Healthcare" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ 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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