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Salfit
Palestinian city in the West Bank

Salfit

Salfit is a city in the central West Bank, Palestine, and the capital of the Salfit Governorate.

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It is located adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Ariel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Salfit had a population of 10,911 in 2017. Since the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip of the 1995 Oslo II Accord, Salfit, located in Area A, has been administered by the Palestinian National Authority, while continuing under Israeli military occupation.

How locals move

Getting around Salfit 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: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.