Attil

Attil () is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the eastern West Bank, 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 above Sea level, and an area of 7.337 km2.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Attil
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: عتيل
Settlement.type: Palestinian town
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Attil within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 156/197
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tulkarm
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam
Settlement.area_total_km2: 7.3
Settlement.area_total_dunam: 7337

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Population: 7000
Elevation: 100

Show 1 more fact

Commons category: Attil

via Wikidata · CC0

~6 min read

Article

12 sections

Contents

Etymology
History
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
Post-1967
Population
Tomb
Demography
References
Bibliography
External links

== Etymology == According to Palmer, the name was a p.n.(="proper name"), meaning "severe", while according to Zertal the name 'Attil almost certainly has its origins in the Hebrew form a-tl or ttl (tell), appearing in the Hebrew Bible and even more commonly in the Samaria Ostraca as a prefix to place names.