Ras Karkar | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | رأس كركر |
| • Latin | Er-Ras (unofficial) |
 Ras Karkar castle | |
  Ras Karkar Location of Ras Karkar within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°56′37″N 35°06′18″E / 31.94361°N 35.10500°E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/150 |
| State |  State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,956 |
| Name meaning | The Hill-top[2] |
Ras Karkar (Arabic: رأس كركر) is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank.
Ras Karkar is a small village situated atop a commanding hill. One of the throne villages of the late Ottoman period,[3][4] It is home to a fortified sheikh house built during the early 19th century by the Simhan family.[5] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,956 inhabitants in 2017.[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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 240
- ^ Macalister and Masterman, 1905, p. 354
- ^ Irving, 2012, p. 248
- ^ Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi; Bunimovitz, Shlomo (1997). Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi (eds.). Highlands of Many Cultures. Jerusalem: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. pp. 221–222. ISBN 965-440-007-3.