ash-Sheikh Sa'd

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ash-Sheikh Sa'd
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicخربة الشيخ سعد
ash-Sheikh Sa'd is located in State of Palestine
ash-Sheikh Sa'd
ash-Sheikh Sa'd
Location of ash-Sheikh Sa'd within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′22.27″N 35°15′10.12″E / 31.7395194°N 35.2528111°E / 31.7395194; 35.2528111Coordinates: 31°44′22.27″N 35°15′10.12″E / 31.7395194°N 35.2528111°E / 31.7395194; 35.2528111
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,406
Name meaningSheik Sad -from "fortunate"[1]

ash-Sheikh Sa'd (Arabic: خربة الشيخ سعد) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers Southeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,406 in 2006.[2]

The village's residents have family in Jabel Mukaber, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and attend school there. Sheikh Sa'd's cemetery is located in the neighborhood as well. Since the Second Intifada in 2000, Sheikh Sa'd residents have not been allowed to enter Jabel Mukaber without a permit.[3]

Footnotes[]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 328
  2. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jerusalem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived February 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.
  3. ^ Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours Reuters. 4 March 2007.

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.

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