Yanun

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Yanun is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate in northern West Bank, located 12 kilometers (7 mi) southeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 102 in 2007. This was a decrease from 2004 when the PCBS recorded that Yanun had 145 inhabitants. The residents of the village have to travel to Beit Furik for primary health care. Yanun or Khirbet Yanun ruins on a nearby hill to the northeast of the village is considered by Biblical scholars to occupy the site of the ancient town of Janohah which belonged to the Tribe of Ephraim. Local farmers have lived in Yanun since the 18th century. They depended on animal husbandry and olive trees for their income. In the 19th century, Yanun was settled by Bosnian Muslim soldiers who were sent to reinforce Ottoman rule in Palestine. They later moved to nearby Nablus and leased their farmlands to villagers from Aqraba who gradually left their village to settle in Yanun themselves. Edward Robinson visited Yanun in 1852. He wrote that the village was mostly in ruins and only a few houses were inhabited.... Mehr