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Tell |
Arabic |
تلّ |
Name Meaning |
"Hill" |
Government |
Municipality |
Also Spelled |
Tel (officially)
Tall (unofficially)
|
Governorate |
Nablus |
Population |
4,750 (2006) |
Jurisdiction |
13,776 dunams (13.8 km²) |
Head of Municipality |
Omar Abdel Latif Eshtaia |
Tell (Arabic: تلّ) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located five kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 4,750 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1] Most of the town's potential labor work in agriculture, with figs and olives being the major source of income.[2]
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