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Husan
In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “palestinian town located north of the gush etzion regional council”. Today it says “palestinian town located 9 km”.
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Husan ( ) is a Palestinian town located north of the Gush Etzion Regional Council , nine kilometers west of Bethlehem , in the Bethlehem Governorate .1 According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Husan had a population of 5,511 in 2007.2 In 1978, Husan had a total land area of 7,134 dunams . Since the establishment of Betar Illit settlement and land expropriations by the Israeli Defense Forces , the town has been downsized to 1,425 dunams. The oldest remains found in the village date back to the Iron Age.3
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palestinian town located north of the gush etzion regional council
Now
palestinian town located 9 km
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