as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya (Arabic: السواحرة الشرقية) or Al-Sawahreh al-Sharqiyeh is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 6 kilometers south-east of East Jerusalem in the West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya had a population of 6,204 inhabitants in 2017. as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya shares the facilities, particularly schools and health amenities of the villages of Jabal Mukaber and ash-Sheikh Sa'd. The healthcare facilities for as-Sawahira ash Sharqiya are designated as Ministry of Health level 2.

In 1961, under Jordanian rule, the population was 279.

Since the Six-Day War in 1967, As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya has been under Israeli occupation.

After the 1995 accords, 0.5% (or 335 dunums) of As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya land was classified as Area A; 7.2% (or 5,005 dunums) as Area B; while the remaining 92.3% (or 63,902 dunums) was classified as Area C.

Israel has confiscated land from As-Sawahira ash-Sharqiya in order to construct two Israeli settlements:

• 955 dunams for Kalya,
• 45 dunams for Kedar.

• Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics (1964). First Census of Population and Housing. Volume I: Final Tables; General Characteristics of the Population (PDF).

• Welcome to al-Sawahira al-Sharqiyya
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
• Al-Sawahreh Al - Sharqiyyeh town (fact sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem ARIJ
• As Sawahira ash Sharqiya town profile, ARIJ
• Al-Sawahreh Al - Sharqiyyeh (aerial photo), ARIJ
• Locality Development Priorities and Needs in As Sawahira ash Sharqiya, ARIJ