Qarawat Bani Hassan | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قراوة بني حسان |
| • Latin | Qarawet Bani Hassan (official) Qarawat Bani Hasan, Qurawa Ibn Hasan (unofficial) |
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  Qarawat Bani Hassan Location of Qarawat Bani Hassan within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°07′41″N 35°05′56″E / 32.12806°N 35.09889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/170 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Nasim 'Asi[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,684 dunams (9.7 km2 or 3.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 391 m (1,283 ft) |
| Population (2017)[3] | |
| • Total | 5,513 |
| • Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The towns of Ibn Hasan"[4] |
Qarawat Bani Hassan (Arabic: قراوة بني حسان) is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the state of Palestine, 30 kilometers southwest of Nablus and 8 kilometers northwest of Salfit in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5,513 in 2017.[3]
Its total land area is 9,684 dunams, of which 507 dunams is built-up area. Since the 1995 Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, 10.7% of its municipal jurisdiction is under the civil administration of the Palestinian National Authority and the security of Israel, while 89.2% is under complete Israeli control.[5]
- ^ Qarawat Bani Hasan Profile. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center.
- ^ Qarawat Bani Hassan Town Profile, ARIJ, 2013, p. 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. 238
- ^ New House Demolitions Threats in Qarawat Bani Hassan village Archived August 15, 2018, at the Wayback Machine Applied Research Institute – Jerusalem. 2007-08-05.