Ashawawra ( ar, الشواورة) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers southeast of

Bethlehem Bethlehem (; ar, بيت لحم ; he, בֵּית לֶחֶם '' '') is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, about south of Jerusalem. Its population is approximately 25,000,Amara, 1999p. 18.Brynen, 2000p. 202. and it is the capital o ...

. The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate central

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

History

Modern era

Since the

Six-Day War The Six-Day War (, ; ar, النكسة, , or ) or June War, also known as the 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states (primarily United Arab Republic, Egypt, S ...

in 1967, Ash-Shawawra has been under

Israeli occupation Israeli-occupied territories are the lands that were captured and occupied by Israel during the Six-Day War of 1967. While the term is currently applied to the Palestinian territories and the Golan Heights, it has also been used to refer to a ...

. After the 1995 accords, 52.2% of Ash-Shawawra land is defined as

Area A Area is the quantity that expresses the extent of a region on the plane or on a curved surface. The area of a plane region or ''plane area'' refers to the area of a shape or planar lamina, while '' surface area'' refers to the area of an open s ...

land, 6% is

Area B The Palestinian enclaves are areas in the West Bank designated for Palestinians under a variety of Israeli–Palestinian peace process, U.S. and Israeli-led proposals to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The enclaves are Israel and aparthe ...

, 14.6% is defined as Area C, while the remaining 27.2% is defined a nature reserves. According to the

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures a ...

, the town had a population of over 3,737 in 2007.2007 PCBS Census

. p.117. The primary healthcare is obtained in Za'atara, where the Ministry of Health denotes the healthcare facilities as level 3.West Bank Healthcare facilities
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Footnotes

External links

Al-Shawawreh
Welcome to Palestine
Ash Shawawra village (fact sheet)
Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, ARIJ
Ash Shawawra village profile
ARIJ
Ash Shawawra aerial photo
ARIJ
The priorities and needs for development in Ash Shawawra village based on the community and local authorities' assessment
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