Sa'ir | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | سعير |
| • Latin | Sa'eer (official) Saiour (unofficial) |
| Coordinates: 31°35′04″N 35°08′43″E / 31.58444°N 35.14528°E | |
| Palestine grid | 163/110 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Hakim Shlalda |
| Area | |
• Total | 117,000 dunams (117.0 km2 or 45.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 20,722 |
| • Density | 180/km2 (460/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | from personal name, or Zior[2] |
Sa'ir (Arabic: سعير, also spelled Saeer, Seir, or Si'ir) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank, located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) northeast of Hebron. Nearby localities include Beit Fajjar and al-Arroub to the north, Beit Ummar to the northwest, Halhul to the west and Beit Einun and ash-Shuyukh to the south. The Dead Sea is just east of Sa'ir's municipal borders.[3] In the 2017 census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 20,722.[1]
It has municipal jurisdiction over 117,000 dunams, 6,000 of which is built-up area and 11,715 of which is cultivated. The main economic activities in Sa'ir are agriculture and the Israeli labor market, although the latter has been adversely affected as a result of the Israeli restrictions following the Second Intifada in 2000–04. Olives are the major cash crop.[3]
- ^ 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 24 October 2023.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 408
- ^ a b Sa'ir Town Profile. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem. 2008. Retrieved on 2012-03-12.