Fasayil |
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Fasayil | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | فصايل |
• Latin | al-Fasa'il (official) Khirbet al-Fasayil (unofficial) |
View of Fasayil al-Fauqa (north Fasayil), 2014 | |
Location of Fasayil within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°01′30″N 35°26′36″E / 32.02500°N 35.44333°E | |
Palestine grid | 192/161 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jericho |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,637 |
Fasayil or Fasa'il (Arabic: فصايل), ancient Phasaelis, is a Palestinian village in the northeastern West Bank, a part of the Jericho Governorate, located 14 kilometres (8.7 mi) northwest of Jericho and about 40 kilometres (25 mi) southeast of Nablus. The closest Palestinian locality is Duma to the west. The village is located 2 km south of the Israeli settlement of Petza'el. According to the 2017 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 1,637.[1]