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'''Ni'lin''' () is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located west of Ramallah. Ni'lin is about east of the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) bordered by Deir Qaddis, the Israeli settlements of Nili and Na'ale to the northeast, the village of al-Midya and Modi'in Illit (Kiryat Sefer) settlement bloc are to the south, Budrus (4 km) and Qibya (5 km) villages are located to the northwest. The town's total land area consists of approximately 15,000 dunams of which 660 is urban. Under the Oslo II agreement, 93% o

Key facts

Settlement.name
Ni'lin
Settlement.translit_lang1
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
Ni'lin, Na'alin (official)
Settlement.type
Municipality type C
Settlement.image_skyline
Ni'lin View.JPG
Settlement.pushpin_map
Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Ni'lin within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
152/150
Settlement.subdivision_type
State
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Ramallah and al-Bireh
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.government_type
Municipality
Settlement.leader_title
Head of Municipality
Settlement.leader_name
Ayman Nafie

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Ottoman period
  • British Mandate
  • Jordanian period
  • Post 1967
  • Barrier protests
  • Omri Borberg
  • See also
  • Footnotes
  • Bibliography
  • External links

'''Ni'lin''' () is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located west of Ramallah. Ni'lin is about east of the 1949 Armistice Line (Green Line) bordered by Deir Qaddis, the Israeli settlements of Nili and Na'ale to the northeast, the village of al-Midya and Modi'in Illit (Kiryat Sefer) settlement bloc are to the south, Budrus (4 km) and Qibya (5 km) villages are located to the northwest. The town's total land area consists of approximately 15,000 dunams of which 660 is urban. Under the Oslo II agreement, 93% of town lands has been classed as 'Area C'.

Most of the town's inhabitants rely on agriculture for income and prior to the outbreak of the Second Intifada, many had jobs in construction in Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,118 inhabitants in 2017.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ni'lin” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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