Jurish

Jurish () is a Palestinian town in Nablus Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 27 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,541 inhabitants in 2017.

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Place details

Locality: جُريش‎
Region: West Bank
Country: الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population: 1,385
Timezone: Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Jurish
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: جُريش
Settlement.type: Municipality type D (Village council)
Settlement.image_skyline: File:Jurish5598.JPG
Settlement.image_caption: Jurish from the south west
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Jurish within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 180/167
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Nablus
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type: Village council
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam

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Wikidata facts

Population: 419
Image: Jurish5596.JPG

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Commons category: Jurish

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Contents

Location
History
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
Post-1967
Demography
References
Bibliography
External links

==Location== Jurish is located southeast of Nablus. It is bordered by Tal al Khashabe to the east, Aqraba to the north, Qabalan to the north and west, Talfit to the west, and Qusra and Majdal Bani Fadil to the south.