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As-Sawiya
Sign in to saveAs-Sawiya () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,761 inhabitants in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- الساويه
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 2,236
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- Instance of
- village
- Official name
- الساوية
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Nablus Governorate
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
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- As-Sawiya2601.JPG
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian era
- post-1967
- Israeli settler violence
- Khan as-Sawiya (Khirbet Berkit)
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- External links
As-Sawiya () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,761 inhabitants in 2017.
==Location== As-Sawiya is 15 km south of Nablus. It is bordered by Talfit and Qaryut to the east, Al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya to the south, Iskaka and Al Lubban ash Sharqiya to the west, and Yatma, Qabalan and Yasuf to the north.
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