- Ash-Shuyukh
Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Ash-Shuyukh
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arname=الشيوخ
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type=munc
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altOffSp=Al-Shuyukh
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governorate=hb
population=8,430
popyear=2006
area=22,088
areakm=22.1
mayor=Ash-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh ( _ar. الشيوخ) is a
Palestinian town in theHebron Governorate located 6km northeast of the city ofHebron . According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Ash-Shuyukh had a population of over 8,430 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 ]Like the rest of the Hebron area, ash-Shuyukh is an agricultural area. Primary crops include olives, figs, almonds, lentils, peaches and apricots. Olive groves cover 980
dunam s while grains and pulses cover 680 dunams. There are about 2,000 sheep and goats in the town raised as livestock. [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/al_Shuyukh_1104/Article_5771.html Shuyukh Agriculture, Economy and History] In Arabic]The first school was established in 1940 by Mohammed Mahmoud Eid. Another school was built in 2002 in honor of a resident killed during the
Al-Aqsa Intifada .References
see also http://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%88%D8%AE
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