Deir Dibwan
Deir Debwan | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | دير دبوان |
| • Latin | Deir Debwan (official) Dayr Debwan (unofficial) |
Location of Deir Debwan within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°54′39″N 35°16′14″E / 31.91083°N 35.27056°E | |
| Palestine grid | 175/146 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Elevation | 739 m (2,425 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 4,169 |
| Name meaning | "The Monastery of the Divan" |
Deir Dibwan (Arabic: دير دبوان) is a Palestinian city in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the central West Bank east of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics the town had a population of 4,169 inhabitants in 2017. There were 5,016 people from Deir Dibwan living abroad. Deir Dibwan was built close to the ruins of Et-Tell.