Back النبي صالح (قرية) Arabic النبى صالح ARZ নবী সালেহ Bengali/Bangla Nabi Salih Catalan An Nabī Şāliḩ (lungsod sa Kayutaang Palestinhon) CEB Nabi Salih Esperanto Nabi Salih Spanish النبی صالح Persian Nabi Salih Finnish Nabi Salih French
Nabi Salih | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | النبي صالح |
| • Latin | an-Nabi Salih (official) Nabi Saleh (unofficial) |
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  Nabi Salih Location of Nabi Salih within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°01′0″N 35°7′29″E / 32.01667°N 35.12472°E | |
| Palestine grid | 161/158 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee |
| Area | |
• Total | 2,797 (in 1,945[1]) dunams (2.8 km2 or 1.1 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 522 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (480/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The Prophet Salih"[3] |
Nabi Salih (Arabic: النبي صالح al-Nabī ṣālḥ; alternatively spelled Nabi Saleh) is a small Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank, located 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. It had a population of 522 in 2017.[2] In 2010-2016 weekly protest marches were organized by the villagers to fight against the occupation of the West Bank. According to data compiled by Mondoweiss, 350 villagers were injured in clashes with Israeli troops during this time.[4]
- ^ Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 65
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 240
- ^ Deger, Allison (7 September 2016). "After building a protest movement, West Bank village of Nabi Saleh steps back from weekly Friday protests". Mondoweiss. Retrieved 30 January 2018.