Shuyukh al-Arrub

Shuyukh al-Arrub
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicشيوخ العروب
Shuyukh al-Arrub is located in State of Palestine
Shuyukh al-Arrub
Shuyukh al-Arrub
Location of Shuyukh al-Arrub within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′57″N 35°08′51″E / 31.61583°N 35.14750°E / 31.61583; 35.14750
Palestine grid163/113
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,958
Name meaningBirket el Arrub, the well of Arrub[2]

Shuyukh al-Arrub (Arabic: شيوخ العروب) is a Palestinian village located eleven kilometers north-east of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,958 inhabitants in 2017.[1] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 2.[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. ^ Arrub, from personal name meaning a woman who loves her husband, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 392
  3. ^ "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)