Deir Jarir
Deir Jarir (Arabic: دير جرير) is a Palestinian agricultural town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located twelve kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Ramallah. It is situated on a hilltop overlooking the Jordan Valley at an elevation of 900 metres (3,000 feet).[4] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Deir Jarir had a population of 4,469 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
Deir Jarir
دير جرير
178/152
33,357 dunams (33.357 km2 or 12.879 sq mi)
33,400 dunams (33.4 km2 or 12.9 sq mi)
698 m (2,290 ft)
4,469
130/km2 (350/sq mi)
It spreads along a large land area of 33,357 dunams (33.357 km2), of which 17.2% is under the civil jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), while the remainder is under Israeli military control. Most of the land administered by the PNA is the city's built-up area and most of Deir Jarir's cultivated lands are grown with grape vines and fig and olive trees. Open-spaces make-up 76% of the town's area.[4]
Location[edit]
Deir Jarir is located 12.2 kilometers (7.6 mi) northeast of Ramallah. It is bordered by Al Auja to the east, Kafr Malik and Al Mazra'a ash Sharqiya to the north, Silwad to the west, and Et Taiyiba to the south.[1]
Name[edit]
The village name means "the monastery/house of Jerir", and is named, in the opinion of 19th-century orientalist E. H. Palmer, after the celebrated Arab poet Jarir.[3]
