Deir Abu Mash'al | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | دير ابو مشعل |
Location of Deir Abu Mash'al within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°59′54″N 35°04′06″E / 31.99833°N 35.06833°E | |
Palestine grid | 156/156 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
• Head of Municipality | Ibrahim Mohammad Yousi Zhran[1] |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 4,233 |
Name meaning | The monastery with the cresset (a beacon)[3] |
Deir Abu Mash'al (Arabic: دير ابو مشعل) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 24 kilometers (15 mi) west of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 4,233 inhabitants in 2017.[2]