Sa'ir

'''Sa'ir (, also spelled Saeer, Seir, or Si'ir''') is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank, located northeast of Hebron. Nearby localities include Beit Fajjar and al-Arroub to the north, Beit Ummar to the northwest, Halhul to the west and Beit Einun and ash-Shuyukh to the south. The Dead Sea is just east of Sa'ir's municipal borders. In the 2017 census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 20,722.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Sa'ir
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Sa'eer (official)Saiour (unofficial)
Settlement.type: Municipality type B
Settlement.pushpin_map: West Bank#Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Sa'ir within the West Bank##Location of Sa'ir within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 163/110
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Hebron
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.leader_title: Head of Municipality
Settlement.leader_name: موسى غيث فروخ

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History
Ottoman era
British Mandate period
Jordanian period
1967 war and aftermath
Demography
References
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It has municipal jurisdiction over 117,000 dunams, 6,000 of which is built-up area and 11,715 of which is cultivated. The main economic activities in Sa'ir are agriculture and the Israeli labor market, although the latter has been adversely affected as a result of the Israeli restrictions following the Second Intifada in 2000–04. Olives are the major cash crop.