Ramin (village)

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Ramin
Arabic رامين
Government Village Council
Also Spelled Rameen (officially)
Governorate Tulkarm
Population 2,100 (2006)
Jurisdiction 8,479 dunams (8.5 km²)

Ramin (Arabic: رامين‎) is a Palestinian village in the northeastern West Bank, located 15 kilometers east of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,100 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1] Ramin's population is made up of the families of Salman (30%), Zafer (24%), Hamad (22%) and Zeidan (24%).[2]

Ramin's total land area is about 8,500 dunams, of which 422 dunums is built-up area, about 500 dunams for quarries and 500 dunams for pastures. The nearby Israeli settlement of Enav was allocated 470 dunams. Ramin's remaining land is covered by olive and almond orchards.[3]

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