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Nahalin, also spelled Nahaleen, () is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, to the southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The village was well known for beekeeping and tens of beehives still exist in Nahalin today. The village is also known locally for its almond and olive trees, vineyards, parsley and vegetables, namely onions and beans. The built-up area of Nahalin consists of roughly 730 dunams, 20 of which make up the old center of the village. The village had a population of 8,741 in 2017.

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Nahalin
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Arabic
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Arabic
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نحالين
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Latin
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Nahaleen (official)
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Municipality type C
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Nahalin2015.jpg
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Nahalin, 2012
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Palestine
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Location of Nahalin within Palestine
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Palestine grid
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161/121
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State
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Governorate
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Bethlehem
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Founded
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Municipality

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Population
1015
Area
16.1
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Nahalin2015.jpg
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  • Etymology
  • Location
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • Jordanian era
  • 1967-present
  • References
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Nahalin, also spelled Nahaleen, () is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, to the southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The village was well known for beekeeping and tens of beehives still exist in Nahalin today. The village is also known locally for its almond and olive trees, vineyards, parsley and vegetables, namely onions and beans. The built-up area of Nahalin consists of roughly 730 dunams, 20 of which make up the old center of the village. The village had a population of 8,741 in 2017.

== Etymology == Conder asserts that the name Nehalin is derived from the biblical Hebrew נחל (nahal), "torrent", which has since been replaced by the Arabic word wadi but occasionally preserved in the name Nehalin, which designates locations in or close to large torrents. Palmer also writes that the name Nehalin is derived from Hebrew נחל, which he translates as "a water-course".

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