Salhab ( Tubas )
Salhab ( Tubas ) | |
|---|---|
Local Development Committee | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | سلحب |
| • Latin | Khirbet Salhab "خربة سلهب" (official) |
Salhab ( Tubas ) Location of Salhab within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°21′15″N 35°22′21″E / 32.35417°N 35.37250°E | |
| Palestine grid | 185/195 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tubas |
| Founded | 1880 (modern settlement) |
| Government | |
| • Type | Local Development Committee (from 1999) |
| • Head of Municipality | Fawze Sawafta |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.0 km2 (1.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 25 |
| • Density | 5.0/km2 (13/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The Ruin of the Tall Man" |
Salhab (Arabic: سلحب, also known as Khirbet Salhab) is a small Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located four kilometers north of Tubas. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, it had a population of 45 living in five households in 2007 and a population of 25 in 2017. As of 2007, its mayor was Fawze Sawafta.