Al-Ram
Al-Ram A-Ram Er-Ram | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الرّام |
| • Latin | al-Ramm (official) al-Ram (unofficial) |
Al-Ram behind the separation barrier | |
Location of Al-Ram within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°51′13″N 35°14′00″E / 31.85361°N 35.23333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 172/140 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,289 dunams (3.3 km2 or 1.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 15,814 |
| • Density | 4,800/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | From Hebrew Ramah, "The Hill". In Arabic: "Stagnant water" |
Al-Ram (Arabic: الرّام), also transcribed as Al-Ramm, El-Ram, Er-Ram, and A-Ram, 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 Yaakov borders it on the south, with a built-up area of 3,289 dunums. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, a-Ram had a population of 15,814 in 2017. The head of A-Ram's village council estimates that 58,000 people live there, more than half of them holding Israeli identity cards.