Assawiya located to the south of the city of Nablus and at a distance of 18 meters, which will arrive through a local temple main road linking Nablus - Jerusalem and along the road 500 m,located on the slope of the average slope,rise above the sea surface 650 m,The total area of the urban village of 600 dunums,The total land area of about 10800 dunums lands surrounding villages milk Timor,Karyut, Tilfit, Qabalan, Yasuf, Iskaka,growing grain and pulses and little vegetables and olives harvested area could increase by about 3000 dunums.The number of population in 1922 of about 476 people rose to 820 people in 1945,In 1967 after the Zionist occupation numbered about 829 people rose to 1600 people in 1987.

In 2005,The number of inhabitants in 2500 people in addition to a large number of the village expatriate outside Palestine and distributed in a number of Arab and foreign countries, mostly holders of higher education diplomas,In the village schools containing all academic levels Assawiya secondary school for girls funded by the Japanese government and the school Assawiya basic mixed for boys of all stages, funded by the German government.The number almost sons, who are studying at universities in Palestine, about 150 students, male and female university students, distributed in various disciplines aside from the university students went to study in Arab universities and the various other disciplines.Residents of the village depends on rain water for drinking and irrigation.The spring water is located east of the water has been piped to the reservoir was built on an old, after half a kilometer from the village and no medical services or Center for Maternal and Child Welfare, or even an ambulance.There are around three sabotaged a Khirbat Assawiya located in the eastern and Zahir village of Khirbat (Alberkit) located in the north-east of Assawiya and Khirbat (misplaced) located between Yasuf and Assawiya