'Azmut

’Azmut
Other transcription(s)
• Arabic	عزموط
Maqam of Sheikh Bilal, confiscated by Israel for the Israel settlement of Elon Moreh
’Azmut Location of ’Azmut within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°13′23″N 35°18′35″E / 32.22306°N 35.30972°E / 32.22306; 35.30972Coordinates: 32°13′23″N 35°18′35″E / 32.22306°N 35.30972°E / 32.22306; 35.30972
Palestine grid	179/181
Governorate	Nablus
Government
• Type	Municipality
Population (2006)
• Jurisdiction	2,724
Name meaning	Azmut, from personal name

’Azmut (Arabic: عزموط‎)is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers northeast of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 2,724 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.

‘Azmut is located 4.6 kilometers (2.9 mi) east of Nablus. It is bordered by Deir al Hatab and Al ‘Aqrabaniya to the east, Al Bahdan to the north, ‘Asira ash Shamaliya and Nablus to the west, and Deir al Hatab to the south.

One pottery sherd has been found from each of the Hellenistic and early Roman eras, much more pottery have been found from the late Roman and Byzantine eras.

Incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with the rest of Palestine, in 1596 the village appeared in Ottoman tax registers as being in the nahiya of Jabal Qubal in the liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 18 households and 2 bachelors, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax-rate of 33,3 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues and a press for olive oil or syrup; a total of 4,000 Akçe.