An-Naqura
| An Naqura | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الناقوره |
| • Also spelled |
an-Naqoura (official) al-Nakura (unofficial) |
|
Well of an-Naqura, 1975 | |
  An Naqura Location of An Naqura within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′55.78″N 35°12′04.59″E / 32.2654944°N 35.2012750°ECoordinates: 32°15′55.78″N 35°12′04.59″E / 32.2654944°N 35.2012750°E | |
| Palestine grid | 169/185 |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Muhammad Hashish |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,545 |
An-Naqura (Arabic: الناقوره, also spelled al-Nakura) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers northwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population of 1,545 in 2007.[1] An-Naqura is administered by a ten-member village council headed by Muhammad Hashish.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 160)
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Ellenblum, Ronnie (2003). Frankish Rural Settlement in the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521521871. (p. 248)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. 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. 188)
External links
- Welcome To al-Naqura
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 11: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- An Naqura Village profile, ARIJ
- al-Naqura, aerial photo, ARIJ
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