Al-Attara
For the village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, see 'Atara
| al-Attara | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | العطارة |
| • Also spelled |
al-Attara (official) al-’Attara (unofficial) |
  al-Attara Location of al-Attara within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°19′35.17″N 35°09′42.36″E / 32.3264361°N 35.1617667°ECoordinates: 32°19′35.17″N 35°09′42.36″E / 32.3264361°N 35.1617667°E | |
| Palestine grid | 168/196 |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,072 |
al-Attara (Arabic: العطارة) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the Western area of the West Bank, located 15 kilometers Southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,072 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 154)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 129)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 179)
- Zertal, Adam (2004). The Manasseh Hill Country Survey 1. Boston: BRILL. ISBN 9004137564. (pp. 271-2)
External links
- Welcome To al-'Attara
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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