Az-Zawiya, Salfit
Az-Zawiya is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located west of Salfit and south of Qalqilya.
Az-Zawiya is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located west of Salfit and south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, az-Zawiya had a population of 6,033 in 2017. The town's population is made up of primarily three families: Shuqeir (45%), Muqadi (30%) and Raddad (20%), while the remaining 5% consists of Palestinian refugee families such as Shamlawi, Rabi and Yusif.
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Worth seeing in and around Az-Zawiya, Salfit
2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Deir Sam'an
Deir Samaan is an archaeological site in the Palestinian town of Kafr ad-Dik, in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. It consists of a 1,600-year-old ancient Byzantine ruin located on top of a hill.
3.2 km · archaeological site in Salfit Governorate, Palestine · Wikipedia - 02Sanniriya Mosque
Sanniriya Mosque is a mosque located in the center of the village of Sanniriya in the Qalqilya Governorate in the West Bank, Palestine. It is considered one of the archaeological and historical landmarks of the Qalqilya Governorate.
3.7 km · A historic mosque in the Qalqilya Governorate · Wikipedia
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Getting to Az-Zawiya, Salfit
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 17 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 91 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 99 km
- Eilat → Az-Zawiya, Salfit282 km · quickest by road, 5h 59m · ₪115–155
- Amman → Az-Zawiya, Salfit87 km · quickest by road, 3h 7m · JD5–7
- El Arish → Az-Zawiya, Salfit160 km · quickest by road, 4h 52m · E£375–500
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No local-transport research exists yet for Az-Zawiya, Salfit
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Az-Zawiya, Salfit. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHitchhiking (Tremp) Ariel is long and narrow (it follows the crest of a long mountain ridge), so it could be a long walk from one part to another.
- Go nextHitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus.
From Wikivoyage: Ariel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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If you know how people move in Az-Zawiya, Salfit – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Az-Zawiya, Salfit
Az-Zawiya, Salfit is 24 km from Tel Aviv, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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