As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya

as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالسواحرة الشرقية
 • Latinas-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (official)
al-Sawahira al-Sharqiyya; Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh; a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya (unofficial)
as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya is located in State of Palestine
as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya
as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya
Location of as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′37″N 35°16′7″E / 31.74361°N 35.26861°E / 31.74361; 35.26861
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
6,204

as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (Arabic: السواحرة الشرقية) or Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers south-east of East Jerusalem in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya had a population of 6,204 inhabitants in 2017.[1] as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya shares the facilities, particularly schools and health amenities of the villages of Jabal Mukaber and ash-Sheikh Sa'd. The healthcare facilities for as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya are designated as Ministry of Health level 2.[2]

  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. ^ Health care Facilities West Bank