Al-Shuyukh
Ash-Shuyukh | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الشيوخ |
| • Latin | Al-Shuyukh (official) |
Ash-Shuyukh | |
Ash-Shuyukh Location of Ash-Shuyukh within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°34′11″N 35°09′20″E / 31.56972°N 35.15556°E | |
| Palestine grid | 164/109 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 22.1 km2 (8.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 12,052 |
| • Density | 545/km2 (1,410/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | The Sheiks/ Shyoukhi |
Ash-Shuyukh or al-Shuyukh (Arabic: الشيوخ) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 6 km northeast of the city of Hebron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Ash-Shuyukh had a population of 12,052 in 2017.
Like the rest of the Hebron area, ash-Shuyukh is an agricultural area. Primary crops include olives, figs, almonds, lentils, peaches and apricots. Olive groves cover 980 dunams while grains and pulses cover 680 dunams. There are about 2,000 sheep and goats in the town raised as livestock.