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Far'un
Sign in to save'''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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Place details
- Locality
- عزبة شوفة
- Region
- יהודה ושומרון
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 3,072
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Tulkarm Governorate
- Population
- +4131
- Elevation
- +150
- Shares border with
- Tulkarm
- Image
- Faroun town.jpg
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Article
9 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian era
- Post-1967
- Nufs Jebil
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
'''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.
==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.