Al-Ram

Al-Ram
A-Ram
Er-Ram
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالرّام
 • Latinal-Ramm (official)
al-Ram (unofficial)
Al-Ram behind the separation barrier
Al-Ram behind the separation barrier
Al-Ram A-Ram Er-Ram is located in State of Palestine
Al-Ram A-Ram Er-Ram
Al-Ram
A-Ram
Er-Ram
Location of Al-Ram within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°51′13″N 35°14′00″E / 31.85361°N 35.23333°E / 31.85361; 35.23333
Palestine grid172/140
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total3,289 dunams (3.3 km2 or 1.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total15,814
 • Density4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Name meaningFrom Hebrew Ramah, "The Hill". In Arabic: "Stagnant water"[2]

Al-Ram (Arabic: الرّام), also transcribed as Al-Ramm, El-Ram, Er-Ram, and A-Ram, is a Palestinian town which lies northeast of Jerusalem, just outside the city's municipal border. The village is part of the built-up urban area of Jerusalem, the Atarot industrial zone and Beit Hanina lie to the west, and Neve Yaakov borders it on the south,[3] with a built-up area of 3,289 dunums. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, a-Ram had a population of 15,814 in 2017.[1] The head of A-Ram's village council estimates that 58,000 people live there, more than half of them holding Israeli identity cards.[4]

  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. 324
  3. ^ "The Separation Barrier surrounding a-Ram". Btselem. January 1, 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Israel's Apartheid Wall Surrounding a-Ram". B'Tselem. Palestine Media Center. June 27, 2005. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved January 9, 2015.

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