Salhab

Salhab
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicسلحب
 • LatinKhirbet Salhab "خربة سلهب" (official)
Salhab is located in State of Palestine
Salhab
Salhab
Location of Salhab within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°21′15″N 35°22′21″E / 32.35417°N 35.37250°E / 32.35417; 35.37250
Palestine grid185/195
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTubas
Founded1880 (modern settlement)
Government
 • TypeLocal Development Committee (from 1999)
 • Head of MunicipalityFawze Sawafta
Area
 • Total5,000 dunams (5.0 km2 or 1.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total25
 • Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Name meaning"The Ruin of the Tall Man"[2]

Salhab (Arabic: سلحب, also known as Khirbet Salhab) is a small Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located four kilometers north of Tubas. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, it had a population of 45 living in five households in 2007 and a population of 25 in 2017.[1][3] As of 2007, its mayor was Fawze Sawafta.[4]

  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. 202
  3. ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.106.
  4. ^ Salhab Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center (JMCC). 2007-02-09.