Sa'ir

Sa'ir
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicسعير
 • LatinSa'eer (official)
Saiour (unofficial)
Sa'ir is located in the West Bank
Sa'ir
Sa'ir
Location of Sa'ir within the West Bank
Sa'ir is located in State of Palestine
Sa'ir
Sa'ir
Location of Sa'ir within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°35′04″N 35°08′43″E / 31.58444°N 35.14528°E / 31.58444; 35.14528
Palestine grid163/110
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityHakim Shlalda
Area
 • Total117,000 dunams (117.0 km2 or 45.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total20,722
 • Density180/km2 (460/sq mi)
Name meaningfrom 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]

  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 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 408
  3. ^ a b Sa'ir Town Profile. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem. 2008. Retrieved on 2012-03-12.