Haris is a Palestinian

Palestinian territories

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 town located in the Salfit Governorate

Salfit Governorate

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 in the northern West Bank

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, 24 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics

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, it had a population of 3,427 approximately in mid-year 2007.

Loss of land

Haris has been directly affected by the construction of the wall on the West Bank and the settlements surrounding Ariel and the Barqan (or Barkan) Industrial Zone. ARIJ, a Palestinian research institute lists the losses as follows:

Israeli Settlements bordering Haris village and land loss
Settlement	Date of establishment	Pop 2007	Area/ Dunums	Area confiscated from the village
Barqan	1981	1,300	649	304
Revava	1991	827	399	78
Barqan Industrial Zone	1981	--	1,417	1,417
Qiryat Netafim	1982	438	386	188
Ariel West Park Industrial	NA	--	1,728	1,110
Total		2,565	4,579	3,097
Source: ARIJ 2008