ash firewood

Asira ash-Shamaliya
Arabicعصيره الشماليّه
Name meaning"firewood of the north"
GovernmentMunicipality (from 1997)
Also spelledAsira al-Shamaliyeh (officially)

'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficially)

GovernorateNablus
Coordinates32°15′02.44″N 35°16′01.21″E / 32.2506778°N 35.2670028°E / 32.2506778; 35.2670028Coordinates: 32°15′02.44″N 35°16′01.21″E / 32.2506778°N 35.2670028°E / 32.2506778; 35.2670028
Population7,600 (2006)
Jurisdiction29,442 dunams (29.4 km²)

Asira ash-Shamaliya (Arabic: عصيره الشماليّه‎)is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located six kilometers north of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 7,800 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]

In Arabic, the word Asira means firewood due to the town's (and nearby Asira al-Qibliya's) abundance of forests which was used by residents to sell firewood.[2]