Asira ash-Shamaliya

Asira ash-Shamaliya
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعصيرة الشماليّة
 • LatinAsira al-Shamaliyeh (official)
'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficial)
Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya is located in State of Palestine
Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya
Location of Asira ash-Shamaliya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°15′02″N 35°16′01″E / 32.25056°N 35.26694°E / 32.25056; 35.26694
Palestine grid175/184
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeMunicipality (from 1997)
 • Head of MunicipalityMohammad Mahmoud Jawabra
Area
 • Total
29,442 dunams (29.4 km2 or 11.4 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
8,813
 • Density300/km2 (780/sq mi)
Name meaning"firewood of the north". Old: Asiret el Hatab, The difficult place of timber[1]
Websitewww.asira.org.ps

Asira ash-Shamaliya (Arabic: عصيرة الشماليّة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 8,813 inhabitants in 2017.[2]

  1. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 179
  2. ^ Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (February 2018). "Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). p. 69. Retrieved May 19, 2023.