Deir Ghazaleh | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | دير غزالة |
• Latin | Deir Ghazala (official) Dayr Ghazzalah (unofficial) |
Location of Deir Ghazaleh within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°29′47″N 35°21′02″E / 32.49639°N 35.35056°E | |
Palestine grid | 183/211 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jenin |
Government | |
• Type | Local Development Committee |
Area | |
• Total | 6,588 dunams (6.6 km2 or 2.5 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,129[1] |
Name meaning | "Monastery of the gazelle"[2] |
Deir Ghazaleh (Arabic: دير غزالة) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located nine kilometers northeast of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Ghazaleh had a population of over 850 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,129 in 2017,[1][3] mostly Muslims with a small Christian minority.