Tell | |
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Other transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | تلّ |
• Also spelled | Tel (official) Tall (unofficial) |
Location of Tell within the Palestinian territories | |
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. Most of the town's laborers work in agriculture, with figs and olives being the major source of income.
Mohammad Shtayyeh, a Palestinian economist and politician, was born in Tell.
In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate authorities, Tall had 209 occupied houses and a population of 803, all Muslim.