az-Zawiya | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | الزاويه |
• Latin | az-Zawia (official) al-Zawiya (unofficial) |
Location of az-Zawiya within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°05′45″N 35°02′24″E / 32.09583°N 35.04000°E | |
Palestine grid | 153/166 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Salfit |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality (from 1996) |
• Head of Municipality | Taleb Raddad[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 2,700 dunams (2.7 km2 or 1.0 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 6,033 |
• Density | 2,200/km2 (5,800/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "Corner, hermitage"[3] |
Az-Zawiya (Arabic: الزاويه) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, located west of Salfit and south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, az-Zawiya had a population of 6,033 in 2017.[2] The town's population is made up of primarily three families: Shuqeir (45%), Muqadi (30%) and Raddad (20%), while the remaining 5% consists of Palestinian refugee families such as Shamlawi, Rabi and Yusif.[4]