In 2005 Wikipedia's first sentence called it “name of the wadi branching out of the jordan river and where the town wadi al-far'a is located along palestinia”. Today it says “palestinian village in the tubas governorate of the state of palestine”.
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Wadi al-Far'a ( Arabic : وادي الفارعة ) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine , in the northeastern West Bank , located five kilometers southwest of Tubas . It has a land area of 12,000 dunams , of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are for agricultural purposes. It is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority and is adjacent to the Far'a refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 3,998 inhabitants in 2017. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report).
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Wadi al-Far'a is also the name of the wadi branching out of the Jordan River and where the town Wadi al-Far'a is located along Palestinian Authority muni Wadi al-Far'a ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank located five kilometers southwest of Tubas . It has a land area of 12,000 dunams , of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are for agricultural purposes. It is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority and is adjacent to the Far'a refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 2,340 inhabitants.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Wadi al-Far'a is also the name of the wadi branching out of the Jordan River and where the town Wadi al-Far'a is located Palestinian Authority muni Wadi al-Far'a ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank located five kilometers southwest of Tubas . It has a land area of 12,000 dunams , of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are for agricultural purposes. It is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority and is adjacent to the Far'a refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 2,340 inhabitants.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Municipality type D in Tubas, State of Palestine Wadi al-Far'a ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank located five kilometers southwest of Tubas . It has a land area of 12,000 dunams , of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are for agricultural purposes. It is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority and is adjacent to the Far'a refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 2,340 inhabitants.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Municipality type D in Tubas, State of Palestine Wadi al-Far'a ( ) is a Palestinian village in the Tubas Governorate in the northeastern West Bank located five kilometers southwest of Tubas . It has a land area of 12,000 dunams , of which 337 is built-up and 10,500 are for agricultural purposes. It is under the complete control of the Palestinian National Authority and is adjacent to the Far'a refugee camp. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics , Wadi al-Far'a had a population of 2,340 inhabitants.
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name of the wadi branching out of the jordan river and where the town wadi al-far'a is located along palestinia
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palestinian village in the tubas governorate of the state of palestine
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