’Asira al-Qibliya | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | عصيرة القبلية |
Location of ’Asira al-Qibliya within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°10′44″N 35°12′53″E / 32.17889°N 35.21472°E | |
Palestine grid | 170/176 |
Country | Palestine |
Governorate | Nablus |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality |
Area | |
• Total | 6,447 dunams (6.4 km2 or 2.5 sq mi) |
Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,935 |
• Density | 460/km2 (1,200/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "The southern difficulty"[1] |
’Asira al-Qibliya (Arabic: عصيرة القبلية) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 2,935 inhabitants in 2017.[2]