Salfit

Salfit
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicسلفيت
 • LatinSalfit (official)
Salfeet (unofficial)
General view of Salfit, 2024
General view of Salfit, 2024
Salfit is located in the West Bank
Salfit
Salfit
Location of Salfit within the West Bank
Salfit is located in State of Palestine
Salfit
Salfit
Location of Salfit within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°04′55″N 35°10′56″E / 32.08194°N 35.18222°E / 32.08194; 35.18222
Palestine grid166/165
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateSalfit
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityAbdulkareem zubaidiyeh
Area
 • Total27,000 dunams (27.0 km2 or 10.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total10,911
 • Density400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Name meaningPossibly "levelled sown field",[2] or possibly "Basket of grapes"[3]
Websitewww.salfit.info

Salfit (Arabic: سلفيت, romanizedSalfīt) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, and the capital of the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine. Salfit is located at an altitude of 570 meters (1,870 ft), adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Salfit had a population of 10,911 in 2017.[1] Since the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Salfit, located in Area A, has been administered by the Palestinian National Authority,[4] while continuing under Israeli military occupation.

  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. 241
  3. ^ [1].
  4. ^ Palestinian National Information Centre Archived 2007-07-14 at archive.today (in Arabic)

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