Osarin
| Osarin | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | أُوصرين |
| • Also spelled |
Osarin (official) ’Usarin (unofficial) |
  Osarin Location of Osarin within the Palestinian Territories | |
| Coordinates: 32°07′32.15″N 35°18′36.51″E / 32.1255972°N 35.3101417°ECoordinates: 32°07′32.15″N 35°18′36.51″E / 32.1255972°N 35.3101417°E | |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,630 |
Osarin (Arabic: أُوصرين) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,630 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]
History
In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, "Usarin" had 34 occupied houses and a population of 122, all Muslim.[2]
References
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Department of Statistics (1945). Village Statistics, April, 1945. Government of Palestine.
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 12)
- 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. 135)
- 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. ("high ground"; p. 252)
External links
- Welcome To 'Usarin
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 15: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Osarin Village Profile, ARIJ
- Osarin, areal photo, ARIJ
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