Salfit Governorate
Encyclopedia
The Salfit Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority
. It is located in the northwestern West Bank
, bordered by the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh
to the south, Nablus
to the east and Qalqilya
in the north as well as, Israel
to the west. Its district capital and largest city is Salfit
. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
(PCBS), the governorate had a population of 64,129 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In the PCBS's census in 1997, which registered 46,671 residents, refugee
s accounted for 7.7% of the total population. There were 23,758 males and 22,913 females.
Palestinian National Authority
The Palestinian Authority is the administrative organization established to govern parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip...
. It is located in the northwestern West Bank
West Bank
The West Bank ) of the Jordan River is the landlocked geographical eastern part of the Palestinian territories located in Western Asia. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan...
, bordered by the governorates of Ramallah and al-Bireh
Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
The Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate is one of 16 Governorates of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. It covers a large part of the central West Bank, on the northern border of the Jerusalem Governorate. Its district capital or muhfaza is the city of al-Bireh.According to the Palestinian Central...
to the south, Nablus
Nablus Governorate
The Nablus Governorate is an administrative district of the Palestinian National Authoritylocated in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza of the governorate...
to the east and Qalqilya
Qalqilya Governorate
The Qalqilya Governorate is an administrative area of the Palestinian National Authority in the northwestern West Bank. Its capital or muhfaza is the city of Qalqilya that borders the Green Line.-Towns and villages:* Azzun 'Atma* Baqah...
in the north as well as, Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
to the west. Its district capital and largest city is Salfit
Salfit
Salfit also spelled Salfeet is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank. Salfit is located at an altitude of in the central Samarian highlands adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the City had a population of 8,796 in 2007....
. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics is the statistical organization under the umbrella of the Palestinian Cabinet of the Palestinian National Authority....
(PCBS), the governorate had a population of 64,129 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. In the PCBS's census in 1997, which registered 46,671 residents, refugee
Palestinian refugee
Palestinian refugees or Palestine refugees are the people and their descendants, predominantly Palestinian Arabic-speakers, who fled or were expelled from their homes during and after the 1948 Palestine War, within that part of the British Mandate of Palestine, that after that war became the...
s accounted for 7.7% of the total population. There were 23,758 males and 22,913 females.
Localities
- BiddyaBiddyaBiddya is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate, located 32 kilometers southwest of Nablus and half that distance from Salfit in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Biddya had a population of 8,325 inhabitants in mid-year 2006...
- BruqinBruqinBruqin is a Palestinian town located thirteen kilometers west of Salfit in the Salfit Governorate of the northern West Bank and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Brukhin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a projected population 3,650 in mid-year 2006....
- Dar Abu Basal
- Deir BallutDeir BallutDeir Ballut is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, south west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 3,700 in mid-year 2006....
- Deir IstiyaDeir IstiyaDeir Istiya is a Palestinian town of 3,106 located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, southwest of Nablus and east of Salfit...
- FarkhaFarkhaFarkha is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 30 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,532 in mid-year 2006....
- Haris
- IskakaIskakaIskaka is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 27 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,097 in mid-year 2006....
- Izbat Abu Adam
- Kafr ad-DikKafr ad-DikKafr ad-Dik is a Palestinian town located 9.5 kilometers west of Salfit in the Salfit Governorate, in the northern West Bank and eight kilometers east of the Green Line...
- Khirbet Qeis
- Khirbet Susa
- Kifl HaresKifl HaresKifl Hares is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located six kilometers west of Salfit and 18km south of Nablus in the Salfit Governorate, northwest of the Israeli settlement Ariel.-Tomb of Joshua:...
- Marda
- Mas-haMas-haMas-ha is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 37 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,981 in mid-year 2006....
- Qarawat Bani HassanQarawat Bani HassanQarawat Bani Hassan is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate, located thirty kilometers southwest of Nablus and seven kilometers northwest of Salfit in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 3,700 inhabitants in...
- Qira
- Rafat
- SalfitSalfitSalfit also spelled Salfeet is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank. Salfit is located at an altitude of in the central Samarian highlands adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the City had a population of 8,796 in 2007....
- SartaSartaSarta is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 22 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 2,610 in mid-year 2006....
- YasufYasufYasuf is a Palestinian town located in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, northeast of Salfit, southwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,761 in...
- Za'tara
- az-ZawiyaAz-Zawiyaaz-Zawiya is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 15 kilometers west of Salfit and 24 kilometers south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, az-Zawiya had a population of approximately 5,100 inhabitants in mid-year 2006...
Israeli Settlements & Outposts
- Alei ZahavAlei ZahavAlei Zahav is a communal village and an Israeli settlement located on the western edge of the northern West Bank, about 20 km east of Tel Aviv, and overlooking Israel's main Ben Gurion International Airport...
- ArielAriel (city)Ariel is an Israeli settlement and a city in the West Bank. Ariel was established in 1978. Its population at the end of 2009 was 17,600, including 7,000 immigrants who came to Israel after 1990. It is the fourth largest Jewish settlement city in the West Bank., after Modi'in Illit, Beitar Illit,...
- BarkanBarkanBarkan , is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank, about 25 km east of Tel Aviv and 8 km west of Salfit, under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics), the population was 1,200 at the end of 2004...
- El MatanEl MatanEl Matan is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank, located around a kilometer south of Ma'ale Shomron, under the jurisdiction of the Shomron Regional Council. The outpost was established in 2000 allegedly on state lands by a group of religious youths from nearby settlements...
- Elqana
- Etz EfraimEtz EfraimEtz Efraim is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located between Ariel and Rosh HaAyin, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In 2006 it had a population of 679....
- Havat YairHavat YairYair Farm is an Israeli outpost in the West Bank. Located near Nofim and Yakir, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. It is home to around 15 families....
- ImmanuelImmanuel (town)Immanuel is an Israeli settlement and a town with local council status in the West Bank. The international community considers Israeli settlements in the West Bank illegal under international law, but the Israeli government disputes this.According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics ,...
- Karnei ShomronKarnei ShomronKarnei Shomron is an Israeli settlement and local council established in 1977 in the northwestern West Bank, east of Kfar Sava. It is north-east of Tel Aviv and north of Jerusalem. In 2006, the population of Karnei Shomron was 6,300...
- Kfar TapuachKfar TapuachKfar Tapuach is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, founded in 1978. It sits astride one of the major traffic junctions in the West Bank. The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder. As of December 2007, it had 800 residents...
- Kiryat NetafimKiryat NetafimKiryat Netafim is a communal village and an Israeli settlement located in the northern West Bank, about 30 km east of Tel Aviv, and under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council....
- Ma'ale ShomronMa'ale ShomronMa'ale Shomron , is an Israeli settlement and communal village located about 300 metres above sea level in the northern West Bank in the Samarian hills under the administrative local government of the Shomron Regional Council...
- Magen DanMagen DanMagen Dan is a village and an Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located around 750 metres west of Elkana, it falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. Established in May 1999, it is today home to around 20 families....
- Nofei Nehemia
- NofimNofimNofim is an Israeli settlement located on the western edge of the northern West Bank, about 30 km east of Tel Aviv. The village, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Yakir. The Kana Stream passes to the north, west and south...
- PeduelPeduelPeduel , is a communal village and an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, about 25 km east of Tel Aviv. The town, under the administrative municipal government of the Shomron Regional Council, is adjacent to Alei Zahav, Beit Aryeh-Ofarim and Bruchin...
- RevavaRevavaRevava , is a communal village and an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank's Samarian mountains about 35 km east of Tel Aviv near Yakir and Nofim, on Road 5066 roughly between Barkan and Karnei Shomron. This Orthodox Jewish community, numbering about 250 families, is under the authority of...
- Tapuach WestKfar TapuachKfar Tapuach is an Israeli settlement in the West Bank, founded in 1978. It sits astride one of the major traffic junctions in the West Bank. The executive director of the village council is Yisrael Blunder. As of December 2007, it had 800 residents...
- YakirYakirYakir is a Hebrew name. Notable people with the name include:* Iona Yakir, Red Army commander* Peter Yakir, Soviet dissident and historian, see Human rights in the Soviet Union* Yakir Gueron, Turkish rabbi...