Deir Ballut

Deir Ballut
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicدير بلّوط
 • LatinDayr Ballout (official)
Deir al-Ballut (unofficial)
Deir Ballut
Deir Ballut
Deir Ballut is located in State of Palestine
Deir Ballut
Deir Ballut
Location of Deir Ballut within Palestine
Deir Ballut is located in the West Bank
Deir Ballut
Deir Ballut
Location of Deir Ballut within the West Bank
Coordinates: 32°03′55″N 35°01′30″E / 32.06528°N 35.02500°E / 32.06528; 35.02500
Palestine grid152/163
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateSalfit
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Elevation
[1]
236 m (774 ft)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total3,873
Name meaning"Monastery (or Convent) of the Oak"[3]

Deir Ballut (Arabic: دير بلّوط) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank, 41 kilometers (25 mi) south west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,873 in 2017.[2]

  1. ^ Deir Ballut Town Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
  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