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Nablus Governorate

Asira ash-Shamaliya

Asira ash-Shamaliya is a Palestinian town in the , located 3.5 kilometers north of in the northern . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 8,813 inhabitants in 2017.
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  • Type: Town with 8,810 residents
  • Description: municipality in Nablus
  • Also known as: “‘Asira”, “‘Aṣīra esh Shamālīya”, “‘Asīra esh Shamālīye”, “‘Asirah ash Shamaliyah”, “Aş Şīrā ash Shamālīyah”, and “Asira ash Shamaliya”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mount Ebal and Mount Eival Alter.

Peak
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is one of the two mountains near the city of in the , and forms the northern side of the valley in which Nablus is situated, the southern side being formed by .

Archaeological site
Photo: Elad Tzur, CC BY 3.0.
The Iron Age I Structure on Mt. Ebal, also known as the Mount Ebal site, Mount Ebal's Altar, and Joshua's Altar, is an archeological site dated to the Iron Age I, located on , .

Stadium
The Nablus Football Stadium is a football stadium in , . It has a capacity of 30,000. The stadium is home to the city's football club Al-Ittihad, which competes in the main league of . is situated 3½ km southwest of Asira ash-Shamaliya.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Ein Camp and Talluza.

Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
'Ein Beit el Ma, also known as Camp No. 1, is a Palestinian refugee camp established in the northern in 1950, adjacent to the city of . is situated 3 km southwest of Asira ash-Shamaliya.

Village
Photo: עדירל, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a Palestinian village in the in the northern , located northeast of . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, it had a population of 2,375 in 2007 and 2,795 in 2017. is situated 3½ km northeast of Asira ash-Shamaliya.

Photo: Uwe a, CC BY-SA 1.0.
is a large city within the Palestinian Territories, in the Central Highlands of the , some 63 km north of .

Asira ash-Shamaliya

Latitude
32.25151° or 32° 15′ 5″ north
Longitude
35.26739° or 35° 16′ 3″ east
Population
8,810
Elevation
638 metres (2,093 feet)
Open location code
8G4Q7728+JX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332792378
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
284593
Wiki­data ID
Q4807028
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Polish—“Asira ash-Shamaliya” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عصيرة الشمالية”
  • Arabic: “عصيره الشماليّه”
  • Asturian: “Asira ash-Shamaliya”
  • Catalan: “Asira ash-Shamaliya”
  • Cebuano: “‘Aşīrah ash Shamālīyah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “عصيرة الشماليه”
  • French: “Asira ash-Shamaliya”
  • Hebrew: “עסירה א-שמאליה”
  • Hebrew: “עסירה א-שמאלייה”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Asira ash-Shamaliya”
  • Persian: “اسیره الشمالیه”
  • Persian: “عصیره الشمالیه”
  • Polish: “Asira asz-Szamalijja”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Asira ash-Shamaliya”. Photo: Sheepdog85, CC BY-SA 3.0.