- Historians have argued the etymology of Silwad's name. Some debated that it is derived from the words lisan and wad, meaning "tongue of the valley...
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- The best place to start is with a visit to the council offices, next door to the Silwad post office on the main road through the town.
- Made by : Yazen Ibn Abdallah MizyedSilwad,Palestine the biggest town near Ramallah area. - Population by 2005 is about 7100 people.- Northeast of Ramallah...
- Silwad has long been considered one of the most intense points of confrontation with the Israeli military in the West Bank, even in periods of relative calm.
- Silwad (Arabic: سلواد) is a Palestinian town located 12 kilometers north-east of Ramallah, about 5 km away from the Nablus-Jerusalem highway.
- Silwād gibi şehirlerin Filistin Bölgesi'deki rolleri, coğrafi önemlerinin ötesine geçer; ticaret, eğitim ve yaşam tarzı merkezleri haline gelirler.
- Silwad's altitude is about 851 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,123 inhabitants in 2007.
- The agriculture of Silwad depends mainly on rainwater, except for some fruit and vegetable orchards which are irrigated using spring water.
- An Israeli bus was shut in #Silwad, west bank. No one was injured in the incident. Following that, Israeli forces closed off the entrance to Silwd.