Kisan (Palestine)

Kisan
Arabic transcription(s)
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Kisan is located in State of Palestine
Kisan
Kisan
Location of Kisan within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′40″N 35°13′28″E / 31.61111°N 35.22444°E / 31.61111; 35.22444
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total560

Kisan (Arabic: كيسان) is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank. In 2017, its population was 560, according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.[1] The village came under Israeli occupation after the 1967 Six-Day War.[2] Israel has constructed the Separation Wall across Kisan, confiscating 65.5% of the village total area for Israeli settlements.[3] The remaining area of the village is surrounded by the Wall, Israeli military installations and several illegal Israeli settlements and outposts, including Ma'ale Amos, Mitzpe Shalem and Abei Hanahal, constructed on large areas of private land expropriated from Palestinian owners.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.
  3. ^ a b Al Jazeera Staff. "Palestinian village target of settler attacks and land theft". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-06-26.