Tell, Nablus

Tell
Tell
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	تلّ
• Latin	Tel (official); Tall (unofficial)
	Tell
	Tell Location of Tell within Palestine Tell Tell (the West Bank)
	Coordinates: 32°12′03″N 35°12′47″E / 32.20083°N 35.21306°E
Palestine grid	170/178
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Nablus
Government
• Type	Village council
• Head of Municipality	Omar Abdel Latif Eshtaia
Area
• Total	13,776 dunams (13.8 km2 or 5.3 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	5,162
• Density	370/km2 (970/sq mi)
Name meaning	"Mound"

Tell (Arabic: تلّ), pronounced Till_, is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located five kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 5,162 inhabitants in 2017.^[1] Most of the town's laborers work in agriculture, with figs and olives being the major source of income.^[3]

Mohammad Shtayyeh, a Palestinian economist and politician, was born in Tell.

^ ^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. 194
^ Israeli Forces Storm Tel village In Nablus Governorate Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 2001-12-20

[PrelimCensus2017-1] 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. 194

[3] Israeli Forces Storm Tel village In Nablus Governorate Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 2001-12-20

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