Rantis
Sign in to saveRantis () is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,179 in 2017. Its population consists primarily of six clans: Danoun, Wahdan, Khallaf, Ballot, Dar Abo Salim, al-Ryahee and Hawashe.
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- Locality
- رنتيس
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 2,795
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Rantis
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- رنتيس
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Rantes (official)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Rantis9935.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Rantis
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Rantis within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 151/159
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ramallah and al-Bireh
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
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- Rantis9935.JPG
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17 sectionsContents
- Location
- Connection to Arimathea of the Gospels
- History
- Prehistory
- Iron Age to Byzantine period
- Crusader period
- Ottoman period
- 16th century
- 19th century
- British Mandate
- Jordanian period (1948-1967)
- 1953 Israeli raid
- 1961 population numbers
- Post-1967
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Rantis () is a Palestinian town in the West Bank, located in the northwestern Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, 33 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 3,179 in 2017. Its population consists primarily of six clans: Danoun, Wahdan, Khallaf, Ballot, Dar Abo Salim, al-Ryahee and Hawashe.
Rantis has a land area 11,046 dunams of which 589 dunams are built-up area. The town's main economic sector is agriculture and 20% of its land area is planted with crops. There are two primary schools and two kindergartens. Other facilities include three clinics, a bus station, a club and two mosques.
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