Deir Istiya
Deir Istiya | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير إستيا |
| • Latin | Deir Istya (official) Dayr Istiya (unofficial) |
Skyline of Deir Istiya, 2015 | |
Location of Deir Istiya within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°07′50″N 35°08′24″E / 32.13056°N 35.14000°E | |
| Palestine grid | 163/170 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Jamal Alfaris |
| Area | |
• Total | 36,000 dunams (36.0 km2 or 13.9 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 379 m (1,243 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 3,696 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (270/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Monastery of Istiya" |
Deir Istiya (Arabic: دير إستيا) is a Palestinian town of 3,696 in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) southwest of Nablus. The built-up area of Deir Istiya is 74 dunams, and its old city has about thirty families.