Deir as-Sudan

Deir as-Sudan
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicدير السودان
Deir as-Sudan
Deir as-Sudan
Deir as-Sudan is located in State of Palestine
Deir as-Sudan
Deir as-Sudan
Location of Deir as-Sudan within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°01′59″N 35°08′54″E / 32.03306°N 35.14833°E / 32.03306; 35.14833
Palestine grid164/160
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,159
Name meaning"The monastery of the negroes"[2]

Deir as-Sudan (Arabic: دير السودان) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 20 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 2,159 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 229

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