Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya (Arabic: عصيرة الشماليّة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 8,813 inhabitants in 2017.
Asira ash-Shamaliya | |
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Municipality type C | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عصيرة الشماليّة |
| • Latin | Asira al-Shamaliyeh (official) 'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficial) |
Asira ash-Shamaliya | |
Asira ash-Shamaliya Location of Asira ash-Shamaliya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′02″N 35°16′01″E | |
| Palestine grid | 175/184 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Mohammad Mahmoud Jawabra |
| Area | |
| • Total | 29,442 dunams (29.4 km2 or 11.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 8,813 |
| • Density | 300/km2 (780/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "firewood of the north". Old: Asiret el Hatab, The difficult place of timber |
| Website | www.asira.org.ps |
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