2011-04-25

Asira al-Shamaliyah

Asira ash-Shamaliya

Asira ash-Shamaliya
Arabic عصيرة الشماليّة
Name meaning "firewood of the north"
Governorate Nablus
Government Municipality (from 1997)
Also spelled Asira al-Shamaliyeh (officially)

'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficially)

Coordinates 32°15′02.44″N 35°16′01.21″E / 32.2506778°N 35.2670028°ECoordinates: 32°15′02.44″N 35°16′01.21″E / 32.2506778°N 35.2670028°E
Population 7,556 (2007)
Jurisdiction

29,442 dunams (29.4 km²)

Head of Municipality Mohammad Mahmoud Jawabra
Website www.asira.org.ps

Asira ash-Shamaliya (Arabic: عصيرة الشماليّة‎)is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located six kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 7,556 inhabitants in 2007.

In Arabic, the word Asira means firewood due to the town's (and nearby Asira al-Qibliya's) abundance of forests which was used by residents to sell firewood.

References

External links

Asira al-Shamaliya Municipality






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