Beit Furik (بيت فوريك) is a
Palestinian town located nine kilometers southeast of
Nablus, in the
Nablus Governorate in the northern
West Bank. According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 10,400 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. During the 1800s and mid-1900s, Beit Furik was the main supplier of lime to the
Nabulsi soap industry based in Nablus.
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