Al-Attara

al-Attara
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالعطارة
 • Latinal-Attara (official)
al-’Attara (unofficial)
Railway passing just south of Al-Attara in 1908
Railway passing just south of Al-Attara in 1908
al-Attara is located in State of Palestine
al-Attara
al-Attara
Location of al-Attara within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°19′35″N 35°09′42″E / 32.32639°N 35.16167°E / 32.32639; 35.16167
Palestine grid168/192
StateState of Palestine State of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,244
Name meaning'Attara, personal name, compare Hebrew: עטרות[2]

Al-Attara (Arabic: العطارة) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, in the northwestern area of the West Bank, located 15 kilometers southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,072 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 1,244 by 2017.[1][3]

  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. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 179
  3. ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics