’Asira al-Qibliya | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عصيرة القبلية |
 Part of Asira al-Qibliya | |
  ’Asira al-Qibliya Location of ’Asira al-Qibliya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′44″N 35°12′53″E / 32.17889°N 35.21472°E | |
| Palestine grid | 170/176 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,447 dunams (6.4 km2 or 2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 2,935 |
| • Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The southern difficulty"[1] |
’Asira al-Qibliya (Arabic: عصيرة القبلية) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 2,935 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 179
- ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). p. 69. Retrieved May 19, 2023.