Dar Salah

Dar Salah
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic دار صلاح
Dar Salah

Location of Dar Salah within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 31°42′42.68″N 35°15′06.12″E / 31.7118556°N 35.2517000°E / 31.7118556; 35.2517000Coordinates: 31°42′42.68″N 35°15′06.12″E / 31.7118556°N 35.2517000°E / 31.7118556; 35.2517000
Governorate Bethlehem
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 3,373

Dar Salah (Arabic: دار صلاح‎‎) is a Palestinian village located 6 km (4 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 3,373 in 2007.[1]

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

Footnotes

  1. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.117.
  2. ↑ Shatha Yaish with Imad Abu Sombul, Palestinian farms break new ground with ostrich and mushrooms, AFP, February 20, 2015

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