Siris | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | سيريس |
Location of Siris within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°19′46″N 35°17′23″E / 32.32944°N 35.28972°E | |
Palestine grid | 177/192 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jenin |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 6,020 |
Name meaning | from personal name[2] |
Siris (Arabic: سيريس) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 32 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5400 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 6,020 by 2017.[1][3] Siris has an area of about 12,495 dunums, including 2,500 dunums of state land, about 7,500 dunums planted with olive trees, about 1,500 dunums of land, and the rest used for construction.