Back فرعون (قرية) Arabic فرعون (محافظه طولكرم) ARZ Far'un Catalan Far‘ūn CEB Far'un French פרעון HE Far'un NN Firaun (Palestyna) Polish
Far'un | |
|---|---|
| Far'un | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | فرعون |
| • Latin | Far'oun (official) Far'on (unofficial) |
 Street in Faroun | |
  Far'un Location of Far'un within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°17′10″N 35°01′23″E / 32.28611°N 35.02306°E | |
| Palestine grid | 152/188 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Tulkarm |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
• Total | 4,333/8,800 dunams (4.3/8.8 km2 or 0.2 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 200 m (700 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 4,131 |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Pharaoh"[2] Or "Kafr Awn" which means the Awn's town. |
Far'un (Arabic: فرعون) is a Palestinian town in the Tulkarm Governorate in the northwestern West Bank, located four kilometers south of Tulkarm near the border with Israel. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Far'un had a population of 3,100 inhabitants in 2007 and 4,131 by 2017.[1][3]
- ^ 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. 182
- ^ 2007 PCBS census Archived December 10, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 108.