Al-Ram

A-Ram
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	الرّام
• Also spelled	al-Ramm (official) al-Ram (unofficial)
A-Ram Location of A-Ram within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 31°51′12.35″N 35°14′00.12″E / 31.8534306°N 35.2333667°E / 31.8534306; 35.2333667Coordinates: 31°51′12.35″N 35°14′00.12″E / 31.8534306°N 35.2333667°E / 31.8534306; 35.2333667
Governorate	Jerusalem
Government
• Type	Municipality
Area
• Jurisdiction	3,289 dunams (3.3 km2 or 1.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	25,595

A-Ram or al-Ramm (Arabic: الرّام‎) is a Palestinian town which lies northeast of Jerusalem, just outside the city's municipal border. The village is part of the built-up urban area of Jerusalem, the Atarot industrial zone and Beit Hanina lie to the west, and Neve Ya'akov borders it on the south. ^[1] with a built-up area of 3,289 dunums. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, a-Ram had a population of 25,595 in 2006.^[2] The head of a-Ram village council estimates that 58,000 people live there, more than half of them holding Israeli identity cards.^[3]

In 2006, the Israeli High Court of Justice rejected three petitions objecting to the construction of a security barrier separating a-Ram from Jerusalem.^[4] The route of the fence planned to encircle northern Jerusalem has been revised several times. The latest plan calls for a "minimalist" route that leaves the village of A-Ram east of the fence. According to the current plan, still subject to revision, the fence will approach A-Ram, near the Atarot airport and Qalandiyah.^[5]

Sister cities

• Zemun, Serbia
• Bondy, France - in progress since 2010.

References

External links

• http://www.poica.org/editor/case_studies/view.php?recordID=547

v t e Cities in Palestinian National Authority areas West Bank Abu Dis Arraba Bani Na'im Beit Sahour Beit Jala Beit Ummar Beitunia Bethlehem al-Bireh ad-Dhahiriya Dura al-Eizariya Halhul Hebron Idhna Jenin Jericho Nablus Qabatiya Qalqilyah al-Ram Ramallah Sa'ir Salfit as-Samu Tarqumiya Tubas Tulkarm Ya'bad al-Yamun Yatta Gaza Strip Abasan al-Kabera Bani Suheila Beit Hanoun Beit Lahia Deir al-Balah Gaza Jabalia Khan Yunis Rafah az-Zawayda

v t e Jerusalem Governorate Cities Abu Dis al-Eizariya al-Ram Municipalities Hizma Biddu Bir Nabala Kafr 'Aqab Qatanna Refugee camps Kalandia Shuafat

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