Tammun

Tammun
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicطمّون
 • LatinTamoun (official)
Tamon (unofficial)
Tammun
Tammun
Tammun is located in State of Palestine
Tammun
Tammun
Location of Tammun within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°17′03″N 35°23′09″E / 32.28417°N 35.38583°E / 32.28417; 35.38583
Palestine grid186/187
State State of Palestine
GovernorateTubas
Founded15th century
Government
 • TypeMunicipality (from 1997)
 • Head of MunicipalityMuhammad Ahmad Bsharat
Area
 • Total81,000 dunams (81.0 km2 or 31.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total13,117
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Name meaning"Quiet",[2] or "To Overflow"[3]

Tammun (Arabic: طمّون) is a Palestinian town in the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine, located 13 kilometers northeast of Nablus and five kilometers south of Tubas in the northeastern West Bank. Tammun had a population of approximately 10,795 inhabitants in 2007 and 13,117 by 2017.[1][4]

  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 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ARIJ was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, 208
  4. ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.107.