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Husan

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Husan () is a Palestinian town located west of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Husan had a population of 7,048 in 2017.

Key facts

Settlement.name
Husan
Settlement.translit_lang1
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info
حوسان
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
Hussan (official)Housan (unofficial)
Settlement.type
Municipality type C
Settlement.image_skyline
Husan from Sde Boaz.jpg
Settlement.image_caption
View of Husan
Settlement.pushpin_map
Palestine#West Bank
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Husan within Palestine
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Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
162/124
Settlement.subdivision_type
State
Settlement.subdivision_name
State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Bethlehem
Settlement.established_title
Founded

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Etymology
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • Jordanian era
  • Post-1967
  • Education
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Husan () is a Palestinian town located west of Bethlehem, in the Bethlehem Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Husan had a population of 7,048 in 2017.

Husan is located in the Seam Zone of the Israeli-occupied West Bank, such that it is separated from the rest of the West Bank by the Israeli West Bank barrier.

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

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