ash firewood
| Asira ash-Shamaliya | |
| Arabic | عصيره الشماليّه |
| Name meaning | "firewood of the north" |
| Government | Municipality (from 1997) |
| Also spelled | Asira al-Shamaliyeh (officially) 'Asira ash-Shamaliyah (unofficially) |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Coordinates | 32°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 |
| Population | 7,600 (2006) |
| Jurisdiction | 29,442 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]





