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 2,776 in 2017.[1]
ash-Sheikh Sa'd | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة الشيخ سعد |
  ash-Sheikh Sa'd Location of ash-Sheikh Sa'd within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°44′14″N 35°15′26″E / 31.73722°N 35.25722°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,776 |
| Name meaning | Sheik Sad -from "fortunate"[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]
History
editI 1838, it was noted as a "ruined" village in the el-Arkub District, south west of Jerusalem.[4]
Footnotes
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 328
- ^ Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours Reuters. 4 March 2007.
- ^ Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 125
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- Robinson, E.; Smith, E. (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. Vol. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster.
External links
edit- Welcome to al-Shaykh Sa'ad
- Ash-Sheikh Sa’d, Welcome to Palestine
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Ash Sheikh Sa'd village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
- Ash Sheikh Sa'd village profile, ARIJ
- Ash Sheikh Sa'd aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Ash Sheikh Sa'd, ARIJ
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