Sanur, Jenin
Sanur | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | صانور |
Sanur around 1908 | |
Location of Sanur within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°21′23″N 35°14′49″E / 32.35639°N 35.24694°E | |
| Palestine grid | 173/195 |
| State | Palestine |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 5,036 |
| Name meaning | Sanur, personal name |
Sanur (Arabic: صانور, also spelled Sanour) is a Palestinian village located 26 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Jenin, in the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Sanur had a population of 4,067 in 2007 and 5,036 in 2017. During the late Ottoman era, Sanur served as a fortified village of the Jarrar family and played a key role in limiting the centralized power of the Ottoman sultanate, the Ottoman governors of Damascus and Acre and the Ottoman-aligned Tuqan family of Nablus from exerting direct authority over the rural highlands of Jabal Nablus (modern-day northern West Bank).