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 g ...

. 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 ap ...

. 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 Palestini ...

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 branch ...

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

Municipalities

* Ajjah * Arrabah * Burqin * Dahiyat Sabah al-Khei * Deir Abu Da'if * Jaba * Kafr Dan * Kafr Rai * Meithalun * Silat al-Harithiya * Silat ad-Dhahr * Ya'bad * al-Yamun * Zababdeh

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 * Anzah * Araqah * Arranah * al-Attara * Barta'a ash-Sharqiyah * Beit Qad * Bir al-Basha * Deir Ghazaleh * Fahma * Fandaqumiya * Faqqua * Jalamah * Jalbun * Jalqamus * Judeida * Kufeirit * Mirka * Misilyah * al-Mughayyir * Nazlet Zeid * Rummanah * Sanur * ash-Shuhada *

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* 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 Burea ...

* Tura al-Gharbiya * Umm ar-Rihan * Umm at-Tut * Zububa * Ya'bad

Sources

External links

Administrative divisions in the Palestinian Territories
{{coord, 32.46, 35.3, display=title, region:PS-JEN Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank