Surif

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Surif


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arname=صوريف
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governorate=hb
latd=31|latm=39|lats=45.39|latNS=N
longd=35 |longm=04|longs=45.03|longEW=E
population=13,400
popyear=2006
area=15,034
areakm=15.0
mayor=Mahmoud Abd al-Fatah al-Hur

Surif ( _ar. صوريف) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate located 25km northwest of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Surif had a population of 13,400 in mid-year 2006.. [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop11.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006] Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics] The population is entirely Muslim.

Most of the town's 15,000 dunams is is used for agriculture, in particular, olives, wheat and barley. [ [http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=448 The Segregation Separation Wall hits the lands of Surif and Khibet Ad Deir- Hebron district] Land Research Center 2004-10-24] There are seven mosques and four schools located in its vicinity. Many of Surif's youth joined Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni's Army of the Holy War against the British and later the Haganah during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. [ [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/Surif_1621/Article_2351.html Surif Article] In Arabic]

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