Deir as-Sudan
| Deir as-Sudan | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير السودان |
 Deir as-Sudan
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| Coordinates: 32°01′59″N 35°08′54″E / 32.03306°N 35.14833°ECoordinates: 32°01′59″N 35°08′54″E / 32.03306°N 35.14833°E | |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,991 |
| Name meaning | "The monastery of the negroes"[1] |
Deir as-Sudan (Arabic: دير السودان) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 20 kilometers Northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 1,991 inhabitants in 2007.[2]
Footnotes
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 229
- ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.112.
Bibliography
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Zeitschrift des Deutschen Palästina-Vereins (1878), Volume: 1-2, 1878
- with p.135–163: A. Socin: Alphabetischer Verzeichniss von Ortschaften des Paschalik Jerusalem p. 152
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