Odala

Odala
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic اودلة
  Also spelled Odala (official)
Udala (unofficial)

Odala in 2011
Odala

Location of Odala within the Palestinian Territories

Coordinates: 32°09′11.76″N 35°16′35.03″E / 32.1532667°N 35.2763972°E / 32.1532667; 35.2763972Coordinates: 32°09′11.76″N 35°16′35.03″E / 32.1532667°N 35.2763972°E / 32.1532667; 35.2763972
Governorate Nablus
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2006)
  Jurisdiction 1,082

Odala (Arabic: اودلة) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers South of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,082 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]

History

In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, "Udala" had 17 occupied houses and a population of 73, all Muslim.[2]

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