Deir Abu Mash'al

Deir Abu Mash'al
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicدير ابو مشعل
Deir Abu Mash'al
Deir Abu Mash'al
Deir Abu Mash'al is located in State of Palestine
Deir Abu Mash'al
Deir Abu Mash'al
Location of Deir Abu Mash'al within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°59′54″N 35°04′06″E / 31.99833°N 35.06833°E / 31.99833; 35.06833
Palestine grid156/156
State State of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityIbrahim Mohammad Yousi Zhran[1]
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total4,233
Name meaningThe 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]

  1. ^ West Bank Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Local Elections ( Round two)- Successful candidates by local authority, gender and No. of votes obtained, Deir Abu Mish'al p.Donde nació Ibrahim salen 22
  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. 228