Dothan Valley or Sahl Arraba ( ''Emek Dotan''; ''Sahl ʻArrābah'', Arraba plain) is a fertile
tectonic
Tectonics ( via Latin ) are the processes that result in the structure and properties of the Earth's crust and its evolution through time. The field of ''planetary tectonics'' extends the concept to other planets and moons.
These processes ...
valley in the northern
West Bank
The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. The region is about eleven kilometers long and four kilometers wide. There are several
Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
towns located in and around the valley, including
Arrabah,
Bir al-Basha
Bir al-Basha () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 15 km 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 1,307 inhabitants in m ...
,
Burqin,
Yabad
Ya'bad () is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, 20 kilometers west of Jenin, in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine. It is a major agricultural town, with most of its land covered with olive groves and grain fields. According to the Pale ...
,
Qabatiya and
Kufeirit.
Rediscovering Palestine, Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900: Egyptian rule, 1831-1840
' (1995) Doumani, Beshara. University of California Press. There is also an Israeli settlement there -
Mevo Dotan.
In the Bible
Dothan Valley is mentioned in the
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;["Tanach"](_blank)
. '' Joseph
Joseph is a common male name, derived from the Hebrew (). "Joseph" is used, along with " Josef", mostly in English, French and partially German languages. This spelling is also found as a variant in the languages of the modern-day Nordic count ...
was
sold by his brothers.
Geography of the Samarian Hill Country
Dahl, Andrew
See also
*Dothan (ancient city) Dothan is a place-name from the Hebrew Bible, identified with Tel Dothan. It may refer to:
Places
* Dothan, Alabama, a city in Dale, Henry, and Houston counties in the U.S. state of Alabama
* Tel Dothan, the archaeological site identified with bibl ...
References
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Valleys of the West Bank
Hebrew Bible valleys