Silat ad-Dhahr is a Palestinian town 22 km south-west of Jenin, at about 400 m above sea level.
It serves the surrounding villages: it hosts the area's level-2 Ministry of Health facility, five schools, a clinic and sports, social and cultural centres, with water, electricity and telephone networks.
The population was 5,794 in 2007 and 7,406 by 2017; about 30 percent work in trade and 20 percent in farming, mainly olives and almonds.
Source: Wikipedia (English) — "Silat ad-Dhahr" — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silat_ad-Dhahr
