Deir as-Sudan () is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine, located 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 2,159 inhabitants in 2017.

Location Deir as Sudan is located northwest of Ramallah. It is bordered by Ajjul to the east, Bani Zeid al-Sharqiya to the north, Kafr Ein to the west, Umm Safa and An Nabi Salih to the south. Deir as Sudan village profile, ARIJ, p. 4

History Ceramic sherds from the Byzantine,Dauphin, 1998, p. 823 Crusader/AyyubidFinkelstein et al, 1997, p. 455 and Mamluk eras have been found here.

Ottoman era In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman Empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 1596 tax-records it appeared as Dair Sudan, located in the Nahiya of Quds of the Liwa of Al-Quds. The population was 14 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, olive trees, vineyards/fruit trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 3,400 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 116 Pottery from the early Ottoman era have also been found here.

In 1838, it was noted as a Muslim village in the Beni Zeid district, north of Jerusalem.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, Appendix 2, p. 124

An Ottoman village list of about 1870 indicated 22 houses and a population of 90, though the population count included men, only.Socin, 1879, p. 152 It was also noted to be in the Beni Zeid district.Hartmann, 1883, p. 107; also noted 22 houses

In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Deir es Sudan as: "A village of moderate size, with a well to the west, on the slope of a hill, with olive-groves round it."Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 290

In 1896 the population of Der es-sudan was estimated to be about 153 persons.Schick, 1896, p. 124

British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village, named Dair Al-Sudan, had a population of 173, all Muslim,Barron, 1923, Table VII, Sub-district of Ramallah, p. 16 increasing in the 1931 census to 243 Muslims, in 53 houses.Mills, 1932, p. 49

In the 1945 statistics the population of Deir es Sudan was 280 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 26 with of land under their jurisdiction, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 64 Of this, 2,416 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 841 were for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 112 while were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 162

Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Deir as-Sudan came under Jordanian rule.

The Jordanian census of 1961 found 486 inhabitants in Deir as-Sudan.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 24

1967-present Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Deir as-Sudan has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 57.2% of the village's total area has been defined as Area A land, 6.5% as Area B land, while the remaining 36.3% is Area C. Deir as Sudan village profile, ARIJ, p. 16

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External links Welcome To Dayr al-Sudan Deir as-Sudan, Welcome to Palestine Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons Deir as Sudan village (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem (ARIJ) Deir as Sudan village profile, ARIJ Deir as Sudan aerial photo, ARIJ Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Deir as Sudan Village, ARIJ