Ash-Shuyukh | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الشيوخ |
| • Latin | Al-Shuyukh (official) |
 Ash-Shuyukh | |
  Ash-Shuyukh Location of Ash-Shuyukh within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′11″N 35°09′20″E / 31.56972°N 35.15556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/109 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 22,088 (Occupied 10,000) dunams (22.1 km2 or 8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 12,052 |
| • Density | 550/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | The Sheiks/ Shyoukhi [2] |
Ash-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh (Arabic: الشيوخ) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 6 km northeast of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ash-Shuyukh had a population of 12,052 in 2017.[1]
Like the rest of the Hebron area, ash-Shuyukh is an agricultural area. Primary crops include olives, figs, almonds, lentils, peaches and apricots. Olive groves cover 980 dunams while grains and pulses cover 680 dunams. There are about 2,000 sheep and goats in the town raised as livestock.[3]
- ^ 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. 408
- ^ Shuyukh Agriculture, Economy and History In Arabic