Yasuf
Yasuf | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ياسوف |
| • Latin | Yassuf (official) Yasouf (unofficial) |
Location of Yasuf within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°06′32″N 35°14′20″E / 32.10889°N 35.23889°E | |
| Palestine grid | 172/168 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
• Total | 8,550 dunams (8.6 km2 or 3.3 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 575 m (1,886 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,093 |
| • Density | 240/km2 (630/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | from personal name |
Yasuf (Arabic: ياسوف) is a Palestinian village in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, northeast of Salfit, 37 kilometres (23 mi) southwest of Nablus and adjacent to the Israeli settlement of Kfar Tapuach. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 2,093 in 2017. About 87% of the population relies on agriculture for income, while the remainder work in the public sector.