Qaffin | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قفّين |
| • Latin | Qaffein (official) |
 Qaffin, 2011 | |
  Qaffin Location of Qaffin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°26′00″N 35°05′01″E / 32.43333°N 35.08361°E | |
| Palestine grid | 158/204 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Tayseer Harsha |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,690 |
| Name meaning | Kuffin: a rugged hill[2] |
Qaffin (Arabic: قفّين) is a Palestinian town located 22 kilometers (14 mi) northeast of Tulkarm in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank. The town is an agricultural town. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, its population consisted over 8,387 inhabitants in 2007 and 10,690 in 2017.[1][3] The built-up area of the town is 1,000 dunams.[4]
- ^ 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. 150
- ^ 2007 PCBS census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 107.
- ^ Israeli Settlers set fire into 200 dunums of Qaffin Village Lands Archived May 19, 2011, at the Wayback Machine The Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2007-06-17.