Nahalin
Nahalin | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | نحالين |
| • Latin | Nahaleen (official) |
Nahalin, 2012 | |
Location of Nahalin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°41′05″N 35°06′57″E / 31.68472°N 35.11583°E | |
| Palestine grid | 161/121 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Salah Fanoon elected 2021 |
| Area | |
• Total | 16,144 dunams (16.1 km2 or 6.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 8,741 |
| • Density | 540/km2 (1,400/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | From Hebrew נחל: "A water-course" |
Nahalin, also spelled Nahaleen, (Arabic: نحالين) is a Palestinian village located in the Bethlehem Governorate of the State of Palestine, to the southwest of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The village was well known for beekeeping and tens of beehives still exist in Nahalin today. The village is also known locally for its almond and olive trees, vineyards, parsley and vegetables, namely onions and beans. The built-up area of Nahalin consists of roughly 730 dunams, 20 of which make up the old center of the village. The village had a population of 8,741 in 2017.