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Ash-Shuyukh
Sign in to saveAsh-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh () is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 6 km northeast of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ash-Shuyukh had a population of 12,052 in 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- الشيوخ
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ash-Shuyukh
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- الشيوخ
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- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Al-Shuyukh (official)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type C
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:البرنس الشيوخ.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Ash-Shuyukh
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- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Ash-Shuyukh within Palestine
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- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 164/109
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Hebron
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian Era
- Post 1967
- Notable people
- References
- Bibliography
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Ash-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh () is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 6 km northeast of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ash-Shuyukh had a population of 12,052 in 2017.
Like the rest of the Hebron area, ash-Shuyukh is an agricultural area. Primary crops include olives, figs, almonds, lentils, peaches and apricots. Olive groves cover 980 dunams while grains and pulses cover 680 dunams. There are about 2,000 sheep and goats in the town raised as livestock.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ash-Shuyukh” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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