In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “part of the larger arab al-ta'amira village cluster”. Today it says “palestinian village in the bethlehem governorate in the south-central west bank”.
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Al-Asakra ( Arabic : العساكرة ) is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank , located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem . It is a part of the Jannatah municipality. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,001 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Al-Asakra has a land area of 2,116 dunams and is a part of the larger Arab al- Ta'amira village cluster, lies between the towns of Tuqu' and Za'atara covering an area of 217,236 dunams (21 km ). Agriculture is the main economic activity of the region, which is located in Area 'C' and falls under the control of the Israel civil administration. Settled relatively recently by the at-Ta'mira Bedouin tribe, it is part of the 'Arab al-Ta'mira village cluster, along with Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir , Hindaza , Tuqu', Khirbet ad-Deir (today part of Tuqu'), Nuaman and Ubeidiya .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Palestinian Authority municipality al-Asakra ( )is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank , located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,001 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.. Al-Asakra has a land area of 2,116 dunams and is a part of the larger Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, lies between the towns of Tuqu' and Za'atara covering an area of 217,236 dunams (21 km²). Agriculture is the main economic activity of the region, which is located in Area 'C' and falls under the control of the Israel civil administration.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Palestinian Authority municipality Al-Asakra ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank , located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem . It is a part of the Jannatah municipality. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,001 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Al-Asakra has a land area of 2,116 dunams and is a part of the larger Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, lies between the towns of Tuqu' and Za'atara covering an area of 217,236 dunams (21 km²). Agriculture is the main economic activity of the region, which is located in Area 'C' and falls under the control of the Israel civil administration.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Municipality type D in Bethlehem, State of Palestine Al-Asakra ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank , located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem . It is a part of the Jannatah municipality. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,001 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Al-Asakra has a land area of 2,116 dunams and is a part of the larger Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, lies between the towns of Tuqu' and Za'atara covering an area of 217,236 dunams (21 km²). Agriculture is the main economic activity of the region, which is located in Area 'C' and falls under the control of the Israel civil administration.
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Municipality type D in Bethlehem, State of Palestine Al-Asakra ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Bethlehem Governorate in the south-central West Bank , located 4.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem . It is a part of the Jannatah municipality. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , the village had a population of over 1,001 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Al-Asakra has a land area of 2,116 dunams and is a part of the larger Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, lies between the towns of Tuqu' and Za'atara covering an area of 217,236 dunams (21 km ). Agriculture is the main economic activity of the region, which is located in Area 'C' and falls under the control of the Israel civil administration.
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part of the larger arab al-ta'amira village cluster
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palestinian village in the bethlehem governorate in the south-central west bank
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