Dar Salah

Dar Salah (Arabic: دار صلاح) is a Palestinian village located 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,373 in 2007.[1]

Dar Salah
Arabic transcription(s)
  Arabicدار صلاح
Dar Salah
Location of Dar Salah within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°42′43″N 35°15′06″E
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
  TypeVillage council
Population
 (2007)
  Total3,373

As of February 2015, Dar Salah had the only ostrich farm in the Palestinian territories, a unique project by a local farmer.[2]

Footnotes

  1. 2007 PCBS Census Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.117.
  2. Shatha Yaish with Imad Abu Sombul, Palestinian farms break new ground with ostrich and mushrooms, AFP, February 20, 2015


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