Osarin

Osarin
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicأُوصرين
 • LatinOsarin (official)
’Usarin (unofficial)
Osarin is located in State of Palestine
Osarin
Osarin
Location of Osarin within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°07′32″N 35°18′37″E / 32.12556°N 35.31028°E / 32.12556; 35.31028
Palestine grid179/170
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,053
Name meaning"High ground";[2]

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 2,053 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

  1. ^ 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 24 October 2023.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 252