Surif | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | صوريف |
 Pastoral scene near Surif village | |
  Surif Location of Surif within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°39′02″N 35°03′58″E / 31.65056°N 35.06611°E | |
| Palestine grid | 156/117 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Lafi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 15,034 dunams (15.0 km2 or 5.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 17,287 |
| • Density | 1,200/km2 (3,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | from personal name[2] |
Surif (Arabic: صوريف) is a Palestinian City in the Hebron Governorate located 25 km northwest of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, Surif had a population of 17,287 in 2017.[1] The population is entirely Muslim.
Most of the town's 15,000 dunams is used for agriculture, in particular, olives, wheat and barley.[3] There are seven mosques and four schools located in its vicinity.
Ahmad Lafi is the mayor.[4]
- ^ 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. 408
- ^ The Segregation Separation Wall hits the lands of Surif and Khibet Ad Deir- Hebron district Land Research Center 2004-10-24
- ^ "Huge new Israeli settlement in West Bank condemned by US and UK". The Guardian. 2014-09-01. Archived from the original on 2023-06-05.