Ammuriya, Nablus

This article is about the village in the West Bank. For the town in Jordan, see Ammuriya, Jordan.
Ammuriya
Local Development Committee
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicعمورية
 • LatinʽAmuria (official)
ʽAmuriya (unofficial)
Jilijliya to the right, ʽAmmuriya to the left.
Jilijliya to the right, ʽAmmuriya to the left.
Ammuriya is located in State of Palestine
Ammuriya
Ammuriya
Location of ʽAmmuriya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°3′51″N 35°12′41″E / 32.06417°N 35.21139°E / 32.06417; 35.21139
Palestine grid169/163
State State of Palestine
GovernorateNablus
Government
 • TypeLocal Development Committee
 • Head of MunicipalitySulaiman Hakawati[1]
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total371

Ammuriya (Arabic: عمورية, romanized: ʿAmmūriya, also spelled Amuria)[3] is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine in the northern West Bank, located south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Ammuriya had a population of 371 in 2017.[2] There were 48 households and five business establishments in the village.[4]

In 2012, Ammuriya was joined with al-Lubban ash-Sharqiya into a single municipality called after the latter town.[5]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference JMCC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ From Amorites, according to Palmer, 1881, p. 225
  4. ^ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p. 110.
  5. ^ Al Lubban ash Sharqiya Village Profile (including ‘Ammuriya Locality), ARIJ, p. 5