Osarin

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Osarin
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	أُوصرين
• Also spelled	Osarin (official) ’Usarin (unofficial)
Osarin Location of Osarin within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°07′32.15″N 35°18′36.51″E / 32.1255972°N 35.3101417°E / 32.1255972; 35.3101417Coordinates: 32°07′32.15″N 35°18′36.51″E / 32.1255972°N 35.3101417°E / 32.1255972; 35.3101417
Governorate	Nablus
Government
• Type	Village Council
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	1,630

Osarin (Arabic: أُوصرين‎) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,630 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.^[1]

History

In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, "Usarin" had 34 occupied houses and a population of 122, all Muslim.^[2]

v t e Nablus Governorate

Cities	Nablus (includes Rafidia)

Municipalities	Aqraba Asira al-Shamaliya Awarta Beita Beit Furik Huwara Jamma'in Qabalan Sebastia Tell

Villages	Ammuriya al-Aqrabaniya Asira al-Qibliya Azmut al-Badhan Balata al-Balad Beit Dajan Beit Hasan Beit Iba Beit Imrin Beit Wazan Bizziriya Burin Burqa Deir al-Hatab Deir Sharaf Duma Einabus Ein Shibli Furush Beit Dajan Ijnisinya Iraq Burin Jalud Jurish Kafr Qallil al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya Madama Majdal Bani Fadil an-Naqura an-Naseriya Nisf Jubeil Odala Osarin Qaryut Qusin Qusra Rujeib Salim Sarra as-Sawiya Talfit Talluza Urif Yanun Yasid Yatma Zawata Zeita Jamma'in

Refugee camps	Askar Balata Ein Beit al-Ma'

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