‘Ūrīf
Urif is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 13 kilometers south of Nablus.
Urif is a Palestinian village in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 13 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 3,624 inhabitants in 2017.
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Worth seeing in and around ‘Ūrīf
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Khirbet Jarra'a
Khirbet Jarra'a also Khirbet Jerr'a is an archaeological site located in the West Bank, containing remnants of a medieval settlement.
2.6 km · archaeological site in West Bank · Wikipedia
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Getting to ‘Ūrīf
- Airports
- Ben Gurion (TLV), 36 km · Marka International (Amman Civil) (ADJ), 75 km · Queen Alia (AMM), 87 km
- Amman → ‘Ūrīf72 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · JD5–6
- El Arish → ‘Ūrīf177 km · quickest by road, 5h 18m · E£405–540
- Damascus → ‘Ūrīf180 km · quickest by road, 5h 6m · $23–31
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for ‘Ūrīf
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for ‘Ūrīf. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundHitchhiking (Tremp) Ariel is long and narrow (it follows the crest of a long mountain ridge), so it could be a long walk from one part to another.
- Go nextHitch a ride, or take Palestinian licence-plated taxi, from Ariel Junction to Nablus.
From Wikivoyage: Ariel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2025-08.
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If you know how people move in ‘Ūrīf – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to ‘Ūrīf
‘Ūrīf is 42 km from East Jerusalem, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.