Ash-Shawawra

Ashawawra
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
Ashawawra Location of ash Shawawra within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°41′04.66″N 35°16′06.21″E / 31.6846278°N 35.2683917°E / 31.6846278; 35.2683917Coordinates: 31°41′04.66″N 35°16′06.21″E / 31.6846278°N 35.2683917°E / 31.6846278; 35.2683917
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Bethlehem
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population  (2007)
• Total	3,737

Ashawawra (Arabic: الشواورة) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate central West Bank.

History[edit]

Modern era[edit]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Ash-Shawawra has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 52.2% of Ash-Shawawra land is defined as Area A land, 6% is Area B, 14.6% is defined as Area C, while the remaining 27.2% is defined a nature reserves.^[1]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 3,737 in 2007.^[2] The primary healthcare is obtained in Za'atara, where the Ministry of Health denotes the healthcare facilities as level 3.^[3]

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External links[edit]

• Al-Shawawreh, Welcome to Palestine
• Ash Shawawra village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
• Ash Shawawra village profile, ARIJ
• Ash Shawawra aerial photo, ARIJ
• The priorities and needs for development in Ash Shawawra village based on the community and local authorities' assessment, ARIJ

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