Municipality type C in Nablus, State of Palestine
Asira ash-Shamaliya
Asira ash-Shamaliya is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located 3.5 kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 8,813 inhabitants in 2017.
How locals move
Getting around Asira ash-Shamaliya the local way
- Get inFrom Ben Gurion it is cheapest to take a "sherut" (shared taxi) to the bus station on Nablus Road by Damascus Gate, and then follow the directions above to Nablus.
- Go nextShared minibus taxis (sherut/servees) leaving Nablus tend to congregate around the center of town and along the two-sided Al-Gazalah (Al-Hadadeen) Street going southeast out of town.
- Go nextTo get there by hitchhiking, take a sherut to Tubas (₪7.50) and from there hitchhike east through Tayasir and Aqabah to the highway #578 or #90, and then north past the Israeli checkpoint.
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