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Azzun
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعزّون
 • Latin'Azzoun (official)
Azon (unofficial)
Azzun
Azzun
Map of path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves and the proposed path around Azzun
Map of path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves and the proposed path around Azzun
Azzun is located in State of Palestine
Azzun
Azzun
Location of Azzun within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°10′35″N 35°03′34″E / 32.17639°N 35.05944°E / 32.17639; 35.05944
Palestine grid155/175
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateQalqilya
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityAhmed Abdullah Umran Shanarah
Area
 • Total9,130 dunams (9.1 km2 or 3.5 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total9,269
 • Density1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi)
Name meaningAzzun, personal name[2]

Azzun (also spelled Azzoun) (عزّون, from the root word عز ′izz which means honor or esteem) is a Palestinian town in Qalqilya Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 9 kilometers east of Qalqilya and 24 kilometers south of Tulkarm.

Azzun was established in the 17th or 18th century by the Bani Sa'b tribe.[3] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, Azzun had a population of 9,269 in 2017.[1] The vast majority of the inhabitants are Muslim, with a very small Christian minority.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 183
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ 2007 Census - Qalqilya Governorate Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, p.51
  5. ^ "Independent Candidate Afaf Shatara and the Palestinian Local Elections". Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2012-09-01.

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