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Osarin

Osarin
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic أُوصرين
 • Also spelled Osarin (official)
’Usarin (unofficial)
Osarin is located in the Palestinian territories
Osarin
Osarin
Location of Osarin within the Palestinian territories
Coordinates: 32°07′32.15″N 35°18′36.51″E / 32.1255972°N 35.3101417°E / 32.1255972; 35.3101417Coordinates: 32°07′32.15″N 35°18′36.51″E / 32.1255972°N 35.3101417°E / 32.1255972; 35.3101417
Governorate Nablus
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2006)
 • Jurisdiction 1,630

Osarin (Arabic: أُوصرين‎‎) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 16 kilometers southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 1,630 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.

In the 1931 census, taken by the British Mandate of Palestine authorities, "Usarin" had 34 occupied houses and a population of 122, all Muslim.



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