An-Naqura

An Naqura
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic الناقوره
  Also spelled an-Naqoura (official)
al-Nakura (unofficial)

Well of an-Naqura, 1975
An Naqura

Location of An Naqura within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 32°15′55.78″N 35°12′04.59″E / 32.2654944°N 35.2012750°E / 32.2654944; 35.2012750Coordinates: 32°15′55.78″N 35°12′04.59″E / 32.2654944°N 35.2012750°E / 32.2654944; 35.2012750
Palestine grid 169/185
Governorate Nablus
Government
  Type Village council
  Head of Municipality Muhammad Hashish
Population (2007)
  Jurisdiction 1,545

An-Naqura (Arabic: الناقوره, 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.[1] An-Naqura is administered by a ten-member village council headed by Muhammad Hashish.[2]

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