Jurat ash-Sham'a

Jurat ash-Sham'a
Other transcription(s)
 • Also spelled Jourah al-Sham'a (official)
Jurat ash-Sham'a
Location of Jurat ash-Sham'a within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°38′57.03″N 35°10′06.54″E / 31.6491750°N 35.1684833°E / 31.6491750; 35.1684833Coordinates: 31°38′57.03″N 35°10′06.54″E / 31.6491750°N 35.1684833°E / 31.6491750; 35.1684833
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 1,491

Jurat ash-Sham'a is a Palestinian village located ten kilometers south of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate in the southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,491 in 2007.[1] The primary healthcare is obtained in Beit Fajjar where the Ministry of Heath have classified the care facilities as level 3.[2]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the town has been under Israeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 263.[3]

References

  1. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.117.
  2. ↑ West Bank Healthcare at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-03-13)
  3. ↑ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
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