Wadi al-Arayis
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
Wadi al-Arayis is located in State of Palestine
Wadi al-Arayis
Wadi al-Arayis
Location of Wadi al-Arayis within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°42′39″N 35°17′4″E / 31.71083°N 35.28444°E / 31.71083; 35.28444
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
 • Total2,169

Wadi al-Arayis is a Palestinian village located ten kilometers east of Bethlehem.The village is in the Bethlehem Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,169 in mid-year 2006.[1] The primary healthcare is obtained in al 'Ubeidiya where the Ministry of Heath have classified the care facilities as level 3.[2]

History

In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Wadi Arayis came under Jordanian rule.


In a 1961 census the population of Wadi Arayis was 357.[3]

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, the town has been under Israeli occupation

The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 501.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Bethlehem Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  2. ^ West Bank Healthcare
  3. ^ Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 23
  4. ^ Perlmann, Joel (November 2011 – February 2012). "The 1967 Census of the West Bank and Gaza Strip: A Digitized Version" (PDF). Levy Economics Institute. Retrieved 24 June 2016.

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