Silwad

Silwad
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicسلواد
A view of Silwad from a hillside
A view of Silwad from a hillside
Silwad is located in State of Palestine
Silwad
Silwad
Location of Silwad within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°58′46″N 35°15′40″E / 31.97944°N 35.26111°E / 31.97944; 35.26111
Palestine grid174/154
Country State of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
Area
 • Total
18,792 dunams (18.8 km2 or 7.3 sq mi)
Elevation
[1]
851 m (2,792 ft)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total
6,342
 • Density340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Name meaningSelwad, personal name[3]

Silwad (Arabic: سلواد) is a Palestinian town located north-east of Ramallah, about 5 km away from the Nablus-Jerusalem highway of the West Bank, in the State of Palestine. Silwad's altitude is about 851 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 6,342 inhabitants in 2017.[2]

Silwad is thought to have been built upon ruins dating back to the Mamluk and Early Ottoman eras. During the Ottoman period, it was primarily inhabited by people of Bedouin origin. It was previously recorded under the name of "Lisan el-Wadi".[4]

  1. ^ Silwad Town Profile (including Silwad Camp), ARIJ, p. 4
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 241
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Finkelstein572 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).