Azzun
Azzun | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عزّون |
| • Latin | 'Azzoun (official) Azon (unofficial) |
Azzun | |
Map of path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves and the proposed path around Azzun | |
Location of Azzun within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′35″N 35°03′34″E / 32.17639°N 35.05944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 155/175 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmed Abdullah Umran Shanarah |
| Area | |
• Total | 9,130 dunams (9.1 km2 or 3.5 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 9,269 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Azzun, personal name |
Azzun (also spelled Azzoun) (عزّون, from the root word عز ′izz which means honor or esteem) is a Palestinian town in Qalqilya Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 9 kilometers east of Qalqilya and 24 kilometers south of Tulkarm.
Azzun was established in the 17th or 18th century by the Bani Sa'b tribe. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, Azzun had a population of 9,269 in 2017. The vast majority of the inhabitants are Muslim, with a very small Christian minority.