Ras Karkar

Ras Karkar
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicرأس كركر
 • LatinEr-Ras (unofficial)
Ras Karkar castle
Ras Karkar castle
Ras Karkar is located in State of Palestine
Ras Karkar
Ras Karkar
Location of Ras Karkar within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°56′37″N 35°06′18″E / 31.94361°N 35.10500°E / 31.94361; 35.10500
Palestine grid159/150
State State of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,956
Name meaningThe Hill-top[2]

Ras Karkar (Arabic: رأس كركر) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank.

Ras Karkar is a small village situated atop a commanding hill. One of the throne villages of the late Ottoman period,[3][4] It is home to a fortified sheikh house built during the early 19th century by the Simhan family.[5] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,956 inhabitants 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. 240
  3. ^ Macalister and Masterman, 1905, p. 354
  4. ^ Irving, 2012, p. 248
  5. ^ Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi; Bunimovitz, Shlomo (1997). Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi (eds.). Highlands of Many Cultures. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. pp. 221–222. ISBN 965-440-007-3.