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Attil
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	عتيل
Attil Location of Attil within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°22′09.78″N 35°04′18.49″E / 32.3693833°N 35.0718028°E / 32.3693833; 35.0718028Coordinates: 32°22′09.78″N 35°04′18.49″E / 32.3693833°N 35.0718028°E / 32.3693833; 35.0718028
Governorate	Tulkarm
Government
• Type	Municipality
Area
• Jurisdiction	7,337 dunams (7.3 km2 or 2.8 sq mi)
Population (2007)
• Jurisdiction	9,038

Attil (Arabic: عتيل‎) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located 12 kilometers Northeast of Tulkarm. Attil is the connection point between the other villages and Tulkarm. It is bordered by Illar to the east; Baqa ash-Sharqiyya to the north; The Green Line to the west; and Deir al-Ghusun to the south. Mountains surrounding the town include the Nabhan, Aboora, Asad, and Shehadeh mountains. Attil has an elevation of 100m above Sea level, and an area of 7.337Km².

Population [link]

Attil had a population of 9,038 in the 2007 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.^[1] The majority of its people are expatriates living in Jordan, Gulf, the United States, Europe, and other parts of the world.

History [link]

'Attil appears in volume three of Edward Robinson's Later Biblical Researches in Palestine, and in the Adjacent Regions: A Journal of Travels in the Year 1852. He describes passing by the villages of Zeita and Jett on the way to 'Attil. Of 'Attil itself, he writes that it is "a considerable village," located on a hill with plains to the north and south.^[2] At the end on the 19th century, the village was described as being of considerable size, situated on a hill on the edge of the plain, surrounded by a small olive-grove.^[3]

References [link]

Bibliography [link]

v t e Tulkarm Governorate Cities Tulkarm Municipalities Anabta Attil Bal'a Baqa ash-Sharqiyya Beit Lid Deir al-Ghusun Dhinnaba 'Illar Kafr al-Labad Qaffin Zeita Villages Far'un Iktaba Izbat Shufa Al Jarushiya Kafr Abbush Kafr Jammal Kafr Rumman Kafr Sur Kafr Zibad Khureish Kur an-Nazla al-Gharbiya an-Nazla ash-Sharqiya an-Nazla al-Wusta Nazlat Abu Nar Nazlat 'Isa Raml Zeita Ramin al-Ras Saffarin Seida Sir Shufa Refugee camps Nur Shams Tulkarm camp

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