Ash-Shawawra
Village in West Bank, Palestine
Municipality type C in Bethlehem, State of Palestine
31°41′28″N 35°16′20″E / 31.69111°N 35.27222°E / 31.69111; 35.27222 (2017)[1]
Ashawawra (Arabic: الشواورة) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank.
History
Modern era
Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ash-Shawawra has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 52.2% of Ash-Shawawra land is defined as Area A land, 6% is Area B, 14.6% is defined as Area C, while the remaining 27.2% is defined a nature reserves.[2]
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 4,161 in 2017.[1] The primary healthcare is obtained in Za'atara, where the Ministry of Health denotes the healthcare facilities as level 3.[3]
Footnotes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Ash Shawawra Village Profile p. 17
- ^ West Bank Healthcare facilities
External links
- Al-Shawawreh, Welcome to Palestine
- Ash Shawawra village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- Ash Shawawra village profile, ARIJ
- Ash Shawawra aerial photo, ARIJ
- The priorities and needs for development in Ash Shawawra village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ
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Bethlehem Governorate
- 'Arab al-Rashayida
- Artas
- Beit Ta'mir
- Dar Salah
- Hindaza
- Jab'a
- Jubbet ad-Dib
- Juhdum
- Jurat ash Sham'a
- Khallet al-Haddad
- Khallet al-Louza
- Khirbet Beit Zakariyyah
- Kisan
- al-Ma'sara
- al-Maniya
- Marah Ma'alla
- Marah Rabah
- Nuaman
- Umm Salamuna
- ash-Shawawra
- Wadi al-Arayis
- Wadi Fukin
- Wadi an-Nis
- Wadi Rahhal
- al-Walaja
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