Duma is Palestinian

Palestinian people

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 town in the Nablus Governorate

Nablus Governorate

The Nablus Governorate is an administrative district of the Palestinian National Authoritylocated in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the muhfaza of the governorate...

 in the northern West Bank

West Bank

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, located 25 kilometers southeast of Nablus

Nablus

Nablus is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank, approximately north of Jerusalem, with a population of 126,132. Located in a strategic position between Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim, it is the capital of the Nablus Governorate and a Palestinian commercial and cultural center.Founded by the...

. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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, the town had a population of 2,220 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Duma's total land area consists of 17,351 dunam

Dunam

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s, about 200 of which are designated as built-up area.

Prior to the Six-Day War

Six-Day War

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 in 1967, nearly all of Duma's working male residents were farmers. Since then the number of farmers has been reduced since many residents have found work in construction in Israel or work in small businesses in the town. However, Duma's residents still mostly rely on irrigated crops, fruit orchards, olive groves and livestock for food. Water is provided to Duma by four springs: Fasayel to the west, Ein Duma and Rashash to the south and Umm Amir to the east. Fasayel, the largest spring is also used by Israel

Israel

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i authorities to distribute water to nearby Israeli settlement

Israeli settlement

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s.

Duma has three schools for girls and boys and the town established a Mayo Clinic in 2002 with the help of the Palestinian Ministry of Health.