Dar Salah

Summary

Dar Salah (Arabic: دار صلاح) is a Palestinian village located 6 km (3.7 mi) east of Bethlehem. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 4,588 in 2017.[1]

Dar Salah
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicدار صلاح
Dar Salah is located in State of Palestine
Dar Salah
Dar Salah
Location of Dar Salah within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°42′44″N 35°16′16″E / 31.71222°N 35.27111°E / 31.71222; 35.27111
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total4,588

As of February 2015, Dar Salah had the only ostrich farm in the Palestinian territories, a unique project by a local farmer.[2]

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Shatha Yaish with Imad Abu Sombul, Palestinian farms break new ground with ostrich and mushrooms, AFP, February 20, 2015 [1] Archived 2017-10-03 at the Wayback Machine

External links edit

  • Welcome To Dar Salah
  • Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
  • Dar Salah Village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
  • Dar Salah Village profile, ARIJ
  • Dar Salah aerial photo, ARIJ
  • The priorities and needs for development in Dar Salah village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ