An-Naqura
An Naqura | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الناقورة |
| • Latin | an-Naqoura (official) al-Nakura (unofficial) |
Houses in south An-Naqura. Up on the hill on the right is Ibrahim al-Adham Sheikh tomb. | |
Location of An Naqura within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°15′56″N 35°12′05″E / 32.26556°N 35.20139°E | |
| Palestine grid | 169/185 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Muhammad Hashish |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,786 |
| Name meaning | En Nakurah: the horn or trumpet |
An-Naqura (Arabic: الناقورة, also spelled al-Nakura) is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers northwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Shavei Shomron. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population of 1,545 in 2007 and 1,786 in 2017. An-Naqura is administered by a ten-member village council headed by Muhammad Hashish.