Geography
Yitzhar is situated east of the Israel-Westbank separation barrier, 20.5 kilometers from the Green line in the mountain-range area about 10 km southwest of Nablus. One of the Jewish settlements ringing the city of Nablus, Yitzhar is built on the ridge of Salmen al Parsi, a mountain 808 meters above sea level south of Mount Grizim.
Lehavat Yitzhar, established in 1998, has ten families and five caravans and six permanent structures. Shalhevet Farm (Yitzhar West), established in 1999, has eight families and thirteen caravans and nine permanent houses. Hill 725, established in 2001 outside the boundaries of the parent settlement Yitzhar, has 23 inhabitants and six caravans and two permanent structures. Mitzpe Yitzhar, established in 2002 outside the boundaries of the parent settlement Yitzhar, has six structures and was dismantled in May 2004 for the third time, but in early 2005 it was reestablished. Shalhevet Ya has three permanent houses and a caravan.
The settlement has a total area of 1,663 dunams, and is zoned for over one thousand families in single family homes.
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