As-Sawiya

as-Sawiya
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالساويه
 • Latinas-Sawiya (official)
al-Sawaiya (unofficial)
As-Sawiya
As-Sawiya
as-Sawiya is located in State of Palestine
as-Sawiya
as-Sawiya
Location of as-Sawiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°05′05″N 35°15′28″E / 32.08472°N 35.25778°E / 32.08472; 35.25778
Palestine grid174/165
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeVillage council (from 1994[1])
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total2,761
Name meaning"The level place"[3]

As-Sawiya (Arabic: الساويه) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,761 inhabitants in 2017.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference IWPS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 241