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Al-Asakra
Sign in to saveAl-Asakra () is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank, located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem. It is a part of the Jannatah municipality. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 1,001 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.
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- Locality
- هندازة
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
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{{Infobox settlement | name = al-Asakra | translit_lang1 = Arabic | translit_lang1_type = Arabic | translit_lang1_info = العساكرة | translit_lang1_type1 = Latin | translit_lang1_info1 = al-Asakira (official)al-Asakreh (unofficial) | type = Municipality type D (Village council) | image_skyline = | image_caption = | pushpin_map = Palestine | pushpin_map_caption = Location of al-Asakra within Palestine | image_map = | map_caption = | coordinates = | grid_name = Palestine grid | grid_position = | subdivision_type = State | subdivision_name = State of Palestine | subdivision_type1 = Governorate | subdivision_name1 = Bethlehem | established_title = Founded | established_date = | government_footnotes = 2). Agriculture is the main economic activity of the region, which is located in Area 'C' and falls under the control of the Israel civil administration.
Settled relatively recently by the at-Ta'mira Bedouin tribe, it is part of the 'Arab al-Ta'mira village cluster, along with Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Tuqu', Khirbet ad-Deir (today part of Tuqu'), Nuaman and Ubeidiya.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Asakra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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