Salfit
Salfit (Arabic: سلفيت, romanized: Salfīt) is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank, and the capital of the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine. Salfit is located at an altitude of 570 meters (1,870 ft), adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Salfit had a population of 10,911 in 2017. Since the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Salfit, located in Area A, has been administered by the Palestinian National Authority, while continuing under Israeli military occupation.
Salfit | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | سلفيت |
| • Latin | Salfit (official) Salfeet (unofficial) |
General view of Salfit, 2024 | |
Salfit Location of Salfit within the West Bank Salfit Location of Salfit within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°04′55″N 35°10′56″E | |
| Palestine grid | 166/165 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Abdulkareem zubaidiyeh |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27,000 dunams (27.0 km2 or 10.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 10,911 |
| • Density | 400/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Possibly "levelled sown field", or possibly "Basket of grapes" as Salfit used to be famous for its grapes. |
| Website | www.salfit.info |
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