The Jenin Governorate ( ar, محافظة جنين, Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanīn) is one of 16

Governorates of Palestine The Governorates of Palestine are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were divided into three areas ( Area A, Area B, and Area C) and 16 go ...

. It covers the northern extremity of the

West Bank The West Bank ( ar, الضفة الغربية, translit=aḍ-Ḍiffah al-Ġarbiyyah; he, הגדה המערבית, translit=HaGadah HaMaʽaravit, also referred to by some Israelis as ) is a landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...

, including the area around the city of

Jenin Jenin (; ar, ') is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine and is a major center for the surrounding towns. In 2007, Jenin had a population of app ...

. During the first six months of the

First Intifada The First Intifada, or First Palestinian Intifada (also known simply as the intifada or intifadah),The word ''intifada'' () is an Arabic word meaning "uprising". Its strict Arabic transliteration is '. was a sustained series of Palestinian ...

the

Israeli army The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branc ...

shot dead 59 people in Jenin Governorate.B'Tselem information sheet July 1989. p.4
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS; ar, الجهاز المركزي للإحصاء الفلسطيني) is the official statistical institution of the State of Palestine. Its main task is to provide credible statistical figures a ...

2017 Census, the governorate had a population of 314,866. This is an increase from the reported population of 256,619 in the 2007 Census2007 Locality Population Statistics

living in 47,437 households. 100,701 inhabitants (or 39%) were under the age of 63 (or 31%) were registered refugees. According to the

1997 Census, the Governorate had a population of 195,074. It is the only governorate in the West Bank where the majority of control of land is under the

Palestinian National Authority The Palestinian National Authority (PA or PNA; ar, السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينية '), commonly known as the Palestinian Authority and officially the State of Palestine,

. Four Israeli settlements were evacuated as a part of

Israel's unilateral disengagement plan The Israeli disengagement from Gaza ( he, תוכנית ההתנתקות, ') was the unilateral dismantling in 2005 of the 21 Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip and the evacuation of Israeli settlers and army from inside the Gaza Strip. Th ...

in 2005.

Localities

Cities

(includes Jenin camp) *

Qabatiya Qabatiya ( ar, قباطية, also spelled Qabatia, Qabatya, and Kabatiya) is a Palestinian city located in the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 6 km south of Jenin. According to the Palesti ...

Municipalities

Ajjah Ajjah ( ar, عجّه) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 19 kilometers southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a populatio ...

Arraba Arraba ( ar, عرّابة) can refer to the following: *Arraba, Israel *Arraba, Jenin Other *Arabah See also *Araba (disambiguation) Araba may refer to: Places and jurisdictions * the Ancient Arab Kingdom of Hatra, a Roman-Parthian buffer state ...

h * Burqin * Dahiyat Sabah al-Khei *

Deir Abu Da'if Deir Abu Da'if ( ar, دير ابو ضعيف) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 6 km east of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of ...

* Jaba *

Kafr Dan Kafr Dan ( ar, كفر دان) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate, located 8 km northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of ...

* Kafr Rai *

Meithalun Meithalun ( ar, ميثلون, transliteration: ''Meithalûn''; also spelled ''Maythalun'', ''Maithaloun'' or ''Meithalon'') is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 26 kilometers south of Jenin. According t ...

Silat al-Harithiya Silat al-Harithiya ( ar, سيلة الحارثية) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate, located northwest of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a populati ...

Silat ad-Dhahr Silat ad-Dhahr ( ar, سيلة الظهر) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 22 kilometers southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a ...

Ya'bad Ya'bad ( ar, يعبد) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, 20 kilometers west of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate. It is a major agricultural town with most of its land covered with olive groves and grain fields. According to the Pales ...

al-Yamun Al-Yamun ( ar, اليامون) is a Palestinian town located nine kilometers west of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate, in the northern West Bank. Al-Yamun's land area consists of approximately 20,000 dunams, of which 1,300 dunams is built-up area. ...

Zababdeh Zababdeh or Zababida ( ar, الزبابدة) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located southeast of Jenin and from the Arab American University. History Sherds from Middle Bronze Age II, Iron Age I & II, through to the Byz ...

Village councils

The following is a list of

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

localities in the Jenin Governorate with populations of more than 1,000. *

'Anin Anin ( ar, عانين) a Palestinian village in the West Bank governorate of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 3,719 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. History Potsherds from Iron Age I, ...

Anzah Anzah or 'Anza ( ar, عنزة) is a Palestinian village in the located 18 km southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. Its total land area consists of 4,740 dunams of which nearly a 1/4 is covered with olive orchards. Accord ...

Araqah Araqah ( ar, عرقه) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 15 kilometers West of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of over 2, ...

* Arranah *

al-Attara al-Attara ( ar, العطارة) is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the Western area of the West Bank, located 15 kilometers Southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a populati ...

* Barta'a ash-Sharqiyah * Beit Qad * Bir al-Basha *

Deir Ghazaleh Deir Ghazaleh ( ar, دير غزالة) is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located nine kilometers northeast of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Deir Ghazaleh had a popula ...

Fahma Fahma ( ar, فحمة) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the Western area of the West Bank, located 15 kilometers Southwest of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,439 inhab ...

Fandaqumiya Fandaqumiya, ( ar, الفندقومية, ''al-Fandaqumiyah'', ''Pentakomia'') is a Palestinian village located in the Jenin Governorate of the northern West Bank, northwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, th ...

Faqqua Faqqu'a ( ar, فقوعة) is a village on the northern West Bank, known for its cactus fruits, located along the Green Line on the Gilboa ridge. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,490 inhab ...

Jalamah For the middle eastern dish, see Jalamah (food) Jalamah ( ar, جلمه) or Jalameh is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 5 km north of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau o ...

* Jalbun *

Jalqamus Jalqamus ( ar, جلقموس) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 10 km southeast of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,867 inh ...

* Judeida *

Kufeirit Kufeirit ( ar, كفيرت) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 16 km west of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,446 inhabitan ...

Mirka Mirka ( ar, مِركة) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located Southwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 1,555 inhabitants in mid ...

Misilyah Misilyah ( ar, مسلية), sometimes spelled Mithilîyeh and Misilîyeh, is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located 14 kilometers south of the city of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village h ...

* al-Mughayyir * Nazlet Zeid * Rummanah * Sanur * ash-Shuhada *

Sir ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist in French only as p ...

* at-Tayba *

Ti'inik Ti'inik, also transliterated Ti’innik ( ar, تعّنك), or Ta'anakh/Taanach ( he, תַּעְנַךְ), is a Palestinian village, located 13 km northwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bure ...

Tura al-Gharbiya Tura al Gharbiya ( ar, طوره الغربيه) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 14 kilometers West of Jenin close to the separation barrier. According to the Palestinian Central Bure ...

Umm ar-Rihan Umm ar-Rehan ( ar, أم الريحان, meaning "Mother of Basil"; also transliterated Umm Rihan or Um al-Rehan) is a Palestinian people, Palestinian village of 370 inhabitants located high on the northwestern hills of the Jenin Governorate, from ...

* Umm at-Tut *

Zububa Zububa ( ar, زبوبا) is the northernmost Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 10 km Northwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had an estimated ...

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