Bal'a | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | بلعا |
| • Latin | Bala'a (official) Balaa (unofficial) |
 Southern Bal'a | |
  Bal'a Location of Bal'a within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°19′59″N 35°06′31″E / 32.33306°N 35.10861°E | |
| Palestine grid | 160/193 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1995) |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Said Mansur |
| Area | |
| • Total | 23,000 dunams (23.0 km2 or 8.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 7,822 |
| • Density | 340/km2 (880/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Either "Swallowing", or "The hole in the millstone",[2] |
Bal'a (Arabic: بلعا) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate, located approximately nine kilometers northeast of Tulkarm in the northern West Bank and three kilometers away from the highway connecting Tulkarm with Nablus.[3]
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 6,604 in 2007 and 7,822 in 2017.[1][4] In 1922, the town had a population of 1,259 nearly doubled to 2,220 in 1945. After Israel's occupation of the town in 1967 after the Six-Day War, Bal'a inhabitants numbered 3,800 after dozens of families from nearby towns such as, Deir al-Ghusun settled there after being expelled.
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 180
- ^ Location Archived 2007-12-25 at the Wayback Machine Balaa Municipality
- ^ 2007 PCBS census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 107.