ash-Sheikh Sa'd

{{other uses|Sheikh Saad (disambiguation)}}

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| name = ash-Sheikh Sa'd

| translit_lang1 = Arabic

| translit_lang1_type = Arabic

| translit_lang1_info = {{lang|ar|خربة الشيخ سعد}}

| type = Municipality type D (Village council)

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location of ash-Sheikh Sa'd within Palestine

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| subdivision_type = State

| subdivision_name = State of Palestine

| subdivision_type1 = Governorate

| subdivision_name1 = Jerusalem

| established_title = Founded

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| unit_pref = dunam

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| population_footnotes = {{cite report |date=February 2018 |title=Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 |url=https://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Downloads/book2364-1.pdf |department=Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) |publisher=State of Palestine |pages=64–82 |access-date=2023-10-24}}

| population_total = 2776

| population_as_of = 2017

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| population_density_km2 = auto

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| blank_info_sec1 = Sheik Sad -from "fortunate"Palmer, 1881, p. [https://archive.org/stream/surveyofwesternp00conduoft#page/328/mode/1up 328]

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ash-Sheikh Sa'd ({{langx|ar|خربة الشيخ سعد}}) is a Palestinian village in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers Southeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,776 in 2017.

The village's residents have family in Jabel Mukaber, an Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem, and attend school there. Sheikh Sa'd's cemetery is located in the neighborhood as well. Since the Second Intifada in 2000, Sheikh Sa'd residents have not been allowed to enter Jabel Mukaber without a permit.[http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/B225011.htm Palestinian village torn from Jerusalem neighbours] Reuters. 4 March 2007.

History

I 1838, it was noted as a "ruined" village in the el-Arkub District, south west of Jerusalem.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. [https://archive.org/stream/biblicalresearch03robiuoft#page/125/mode/1up 125]

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  • {{cite book|last=Palmer|first=E.H.|authorlink=Edward Henry Palmer|year=1881|url=https://archive.org/details/surveyofwesternp00conduoft|title=The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer|publisher=Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund}}
  • {{cite book|last1=Robinson|first1=E.|authorlink1=Edward Robinson (scholar)|last2=Smith|first2=E.|authorlink2=Eli Smith|year=1841|url=http://archive.org/details/biblicalresearch03robiuoft |title=Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838| location=Boston|publisher=Crocker & Brewster|volume=3}}

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