Tell, Nablus

Tell
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic تلّ
  Also spelled Tel (official)
Tall (unofficial)
Tell

Location of Tell within Palestine

Coordinates: 32°12′03″N 35°12′47″E / 32.20083°N 35.21306°ECoordinates: 32°12′03″N 35°12′47″E / 32.20083°N 35.21306°E
Governorate Nablus
Government
  Type Village council
  Head of Municipality Omar Abdel Latif Eshtaia
Area
  Jurisdiction 13,776 dunams (13.8 km2 or 5.3 sq mi)
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 4,334
Name meaning "Hill"

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 4,334 inhabitants in 2007.[1] Most of the town's potential labor work in agriculture, with figs and olives being the major source of income.[2]

Mohammad Shtayyeh, a Palestinian economist and politician, was born in Tell.

History

In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate authorities, Tall had 209 occupied houses and a population of 803, all Muslim.[3]

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