'Arab al-Rashayida

'Arab al-Rashayida
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic عرب الرشايدة
  Also spelled al Rashaydeh (official)
'Arab al-Rashayida
Location of 'Arab al-Rashayida within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°45′11″N 35°20′51″E / 31.75306°N 35.34750°E / 31.75306; 35.34750Coordinates: 31°45′11″N 35°20′51″E / 31.75306°N 35.34750°E / 31.75306; 35.34750
Governorate Gaza
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 1,453

'Arab al-Rashayida (Arabic: عرب الرشايدة) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers east of Jerusalem.The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate, central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the city had a population of 1,453 in 2007.[1]

History

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the village has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 5.7% of 'Arab al-Rashayida land was classified as' Area A, 1.1% as Area B, 10.2% as Area C, while the remaining 83% is classified as "nature reserve".[2]

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