Abu Dis

Abu Dis
Abu Dis
Municipality type A (city)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	أبو ديس
• Latin	Abu Dis (official)
	Abu Dis Location of Abu Dis within the West Bank Abu Dis Location of Abu Dis within Palestine
	Coordinates: 31°45′45″N 35°15′57″E / 31.76250°N 35.26583°E
Palestine grid	175/129
State	Palestine
Governorate	Jerusalem
Government
• Type	City
• Head of Municipality	Adel Salah
Area
• Total	28,332 dunams (28.3 km2 or 10.9 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	12,251
• Density	430/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Name meaning	The exact derivation of "Abu Dis" is widely disputed. Popular etymological theories draw inspiration from Latin for "shy", ancient Greek for "mother of ten villages" , an Arabic reference to the trees which once populated the area, or an adaptation of the Roman-era village "Beta Budison" which preceded Abu Dis.
Website	abudis.ps/en/

Abu Dis or Abu Deis (Arabic: أبو ديس) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, bordering Jerusalem. Since the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Abu Dis land has been mostly part of "Area B", under Israeli military control and Palestinian civic control. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Abu Dis had a population of 12,251 in 2017.^[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.
^ "Abu Dis Town Profile" (PDF). The Palestinian Locality Profiles. Jerusalem: Applied Research Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 6, 2018. Retrieved December 6, 2017.