Sa'ir
Sa'ir
سعير | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | سعير |
| • Latin | Sa'eer (official) Saiour (unofficial) |
| Coordinates: 31°35′04″N 35°08′43″E / 31.58444°N 35.14528°E | |
| Palestine grid | 163/110 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | موسى غيث فروخ |
| Area | |
• Total | 117.0 km2 (45.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 20,722 |
| • Density | 177.1/km2 (458.7/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | from personal name, or Zior |
Sa'ir (Arabic: سعير, also spelled Saeer, Seir, or Si'ir) is a Palestinian town in the Hebron Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the southern West Bank, located 8 kilometers (5.0 mi) northeast of Hebron. Nearby localities include Beit Fajjar and al-Arroub to the north, Beit Ummar to the northwest, Halhul to the west and Beit Einun and ash-Shuyukh to the south. The Dead Sea is just east of Sa'ir's municipal borders. In the 2017 census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 20,722.
It has municipal jurisdiction over 117,000 dunams, 6,000 of which is built-up area and 11,715 of which is cultivated. The main economic activities in Sa'ir are agriculture and the Israeli labor market, although the latter has been adversely affected as a result of the Israeli restrictions following the Second Intifada in 2000–04. Olives are the major cash crop.