Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa

Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicبيت الروش الفوقا
Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa is located in State of Palestine
Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa
Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa
Location of Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°27′07″N 34°55′34″E / 31.45194°N 34.92611°E / 31.45194; 34.92611
Palestine grid144/095
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,385
Name meaningThe house of er Rush; personal name[2]

Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa (Arabic: بيت الروش الفوقا) is a Palestinian village located eighteen kilometers southwest of Hebron.The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,385 in 2017.[1]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 365