Surda

Surda
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicسردا
View of Surda, 2011
View of Surda, 2011
Surda is located in State of Palestine
Surda
Surda
Location of Surda within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°56′29″N 35°12′12″E / 31.94139°N 35.20333°E / 31.94139; 35.20333
Palestine grid169/150
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,308
Name meaningpossibly from a Syriac word which can be translated to mean fear and isolation,[2] or possibly from Zerada[3]

Surda (Arabic: سردا, romanizedSurdā) is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located northeast of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,308 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. ^ Surda Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 245