Salfit
| Salfit | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | سلفيت |
| • Also spelled | Salfeet (official) Selfit (unofficial) |
General view of Salfit, 2012
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| Coordinates: 32°04′55″N 35°10′56″E / 32.08194°N 35.18222°ECoordinates: 32°04′55″N 35°10′56″E / 32.08194°N 35.18222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 166/165 |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Shaher shtaya |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 4,000 dunams (4.0 km2 or 1.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 8,796 |
| Name meaning | Possibly "levelled sown field" |
| Website | www.salfit.info |
Salfit (Arabic: سلفيت), also spelled Salfeet, is a Palestinian city in the central West Bank. Salfit is located at an altitude of 570 meters (1,870 ft) adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Salfit had a population of 8,796 in 2007. It has been administered by the Palestinian Authority since the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, in an area that has been classified as Area B, and has served as the administrative seat of the Salfit Governorate since then.
According to the Salfit Chamber of Commerce, the word "Salfit" is a Canaanite word which means "basket of grapes" (Sal meaning "basket and fit meaning "grapes").Palmer in 1881 suggested the name was possible from "levelled sown field".
Pottery sherds from the Iron Age I, Iron Age II, Persian, Hellenistic, and the Roman eras have been found, while no sherds from the Byzantine era have been found.
According to Ronnie Ellenblum, Salfit was re-established during early Muslim rule (7th-11th centuries) and continued to exist through the Crusader period. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Salfit was inhabited by Muslims. Pottery sherds from the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk eras have been found.
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