az-Zawiya | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الزاويه |
| • Latin | az-Zawia (official) al-Zawiya (unofficial) |
 az-Zawiya behind, while Rafat is in front | |
  az-Zawiya Location of az-Zawiya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°05′45″N 35°02′24″E / 32.09583°N 35.04000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 153/166 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1996) |
| • Head of Municipality | Taleb Raddad[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,700 dunams (2.7 km2 or 1.0 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 6,033 |
| • Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Corner, hermitage"[3] |
Az-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاويه) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, located west of Salfit and south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, az-Zawiya had a population of 6,033 in 2017.[2] The town's population is made up of primarily three families: Shuqeir (45%), Muqadi (30%) and Raddad (20%), while the remaining 5% consists of Palestinian refugee families such as Shamlawi, Rabi and Yusif.[4]
- ^ Municipalities Archived 2007-02-21 at the Wayback Machine Nablus Municipality
- ^ 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. 250
- ^ Location and population Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center.