Deir Ghazaleh | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير غزالة |
| • Latin | Deir Ghazala (official) Dayr Ghazzalah (unofficial) |
 The village | |
  Deir Ghazaleh Location of Deir Ghazaleh within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°29′47″N 35°21′02″E / 32.49639°N 35.35056°E | |
| Palestine grid | 183/211 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6,588 dunams (6.6 km2 or 2.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 1,129[1] |
| Name meaning | "Monastery of the gazelle"[2] |
Deir Ghazaleh (Arabic: دير غزالة) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located nine kilometers northeast of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Ghazaleh had a population of over 850 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,129 in 2017,[1][3] mostly Muslims with a small Christian minority.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 160
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived September 20, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics