Sarra, Nablus
| Sarra | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | صره |
  Sarra Location of Sarra within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°12′36.35″N 35°11′27.39″E / 32.2100972°N 35.1909417°ECoordinates: 32°12′36.35″N 35°11′27.39″E / 32.2100972°N 35.1909417°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,892 |
Sarra (Arabic: صره) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 11 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,892 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
History
In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, Sarra had 106 occupied houses and a population of 382, all Muslim.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 164)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 181)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 134)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 192)
- Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 3. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. (p. 138)
External links
- Welcome to Sarra
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Sarra village profile, ARIJ
- Sarra, aerial photo, ARIJ
- Sarra village
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