 According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 16,383 inhabitants in the 2007 census.The population is formed mainly of a number of families such as Frehat, Khamaysa, Samudi, Hushiya, Abu al-Hija, Samara 'Abahra, Zaid, Jaradat, Sharqieh and Nawahda that sourced many inspirational figures such as Ayham Frehat and Ibrahim Frehat .The town is an ancient one, where two columns and two capitals have been reused at the door of the mosque.