as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya
Municipality type C
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	السواحرة الشرقية
• Latin	as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (official) al-Sawahira al-Sharqiyya; Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh; a-Sawahrah a-Sharqiya (unofficial)
as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya Location of as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°44′37″N 35°16′7″E / 31.74361°N 35.26861°E / 31.74361; 35.26861
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Jerusalem
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population  (2017)[1]
• Total	6,204

as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (Arabic: السواحرة الشرقية) or Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers south-east of East Jerusalem in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya had a population of 6,204 inhabitants in 2017.^[1] as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya shares the facilities, particularly schools and health amenities of the villages of Jabal Mukaber and ash-Sheikh Sa'd. The healthcare facilities for as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya are designated as Ministry of Health level 2.^[2]

History

In 1961, under Jordanian rule, the population was 279.^[3]

1967–today

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 0.5% (or 335 dunums) of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya land was classified as Area A; 7.2% (or 5,005 dunums) as Area B; while the remaining 92.3% (or 63,902 dunums) was classified as Area C.^[4]

Israel has confiscated land from As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya in order to construct two Israeli settlements:

• 955 dunams for Kalya,^[4]
• 45 dunams for Kedar.^[4]