Ni'lin
Sign in to save'''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
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- Ni'lin
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- Arabic
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- Arabic
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- Latin
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- Ni'lin, Na'alin (official)
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- Municipality type C
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- Palestine
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- Location of Ni'lin within Palestine
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- Palestine grid
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- 152/150
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- State
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- Governorate
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- Ramallah and al-Bireh
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- Founded
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- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Ayman Nafie
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- Barrier protests
- Omri Borberg
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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% 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.