Tell (town)

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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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