Far'un

'''Far'un''' () is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank, located four kilometers south of Tulkarm near the border with Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Far'un had a population of 3,100 inhabitants in 2007 and 4,131 by 2017.

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Locality: عزبة شوفة
Region: יהודה ושומרון
Country: الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population: 3,072
Timezone: Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Far'un
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: فرعون
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Far'oun (official)Far'on (unofficial)
Settlement.type: Municipality type D (Village council)
Settlement.image_skyline: Street in Faroun town3.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Street in Faroun
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Far'un within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 152/188
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tulkarm
Settlement.established_title: Founded

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History
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
Post-1967
Nufs Jebil
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==History== In 1265, Far'un was among the villages and estates sultan Baibars allocated to his amirs after he had expelled the Crusaders. Half of the income from Far'un went to his emir Saif al-Din Dakhak al-Baghdadi, the other half to his emir Alam al-Din Sanjar al-Azkashi.

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