Al-Asakra
Appearance
Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority muni al-Asakra is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank, located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,000 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Al-Asakra has a land area of 2,116 dunams and is a part of the larger Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, which includes the towns of Tuqu' and Za'atara and has a land area of 217,236 dunams. Agriculture is the main economic sector of the village, with most of the population working in that field.[1]
References
- ^ Israeli Demolition Activities in the Village of Al ‘Asakreh Applied Reserach Institute - Jerusalem 2007-11-02.