Huwara

Also known as Ḩuwwārah

Huwara or Howwarah (, ) is a Palestinian town located in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine. Located in the northern Israeli-occupied West Bank, Huwara is on the main road connecting Nablus southwards to Ramallah and Jerusalem, approximately from Jacob's Well. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,659 in 2017.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Huwara
Settlement.other_name: Howwarah
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Howwarah (official)Huwara (unofficial)Ḥuwwārah (technical)
Settlement.type: Municipality type C
Settlement.image_skyline: Howara-town.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Huwara
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Huwara within Palestine
Settlement.image_map: Huwwara in the 2018 OCHA OpT map Nablus (cropped).jpg
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 174/173
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nablus

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Huwara
Population: 1966
Elevation: 481
Image: Howara-town.jpg

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Commons category: Huwwara, Palestine
postal code: 468
native label: حُوّارة

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Location
History
Antiquity
Crusader period
Ottoman period (1516–1917)
British Mandate period
Jordanian period
Post-1967–2022
2023–present
Demography
Diaspora
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Huwara is a flashpoint town in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Huwara is on the main road to nearby Israeli settlements, leading to frequent clashes between Israeli soldiers and settlers and local Palestinians. Most notably, two Israeli civilian-settlers passing the town were shot by a Palestinian gunman in a shooting attack. In response to the shooting attack, the town was rampaged by hundreds of Israeli settlers, who torched Palestinian businesses and houses, leaving one dead and one hundred Palestinians injured.