Municipality type D in Salfit, State of Palestine
Deir Istiya
Deir Istiya 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.
How locals move
Getting around Deir Istiya the local way
- 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. Last edited 2025-08.
Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: أمين (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.