Arraba, Jenin

Arraba
Arraba
Municipality type B
Arabic transcription(s)
• Arabic	عرّابة
• Latin	Arraba (official); Arrabeh ; Arrabah
	Northern view of Arraba
	Arraba Location of Arraba within Palestine
	Coordinates: 32°24′16″N 35°12′12″E / 32.40444°N 35.20333°E
Palestine grid	169/201
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Jenin
Government
• Type	Municipality (from 1995)
• Head of Municipality	Ahmad al-ʻArdah
Area
• Total	39,558 dunams (39.6 km2 or 15.3 sq mi)
Population (2017)
• Total	11,479
• Density	290/km2 (750/sq mi)
Name meaning	"A steppe"

Arraba (Arabic: عرّابة ʻArrābah), also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin. It has an elevation of 350 meters above sea level and lies near Sahl Arraba, a plain that lies between Mount Carmel and Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Arraba had a population of 11,479 in 2017.^[1]

^ ^a ^b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
^ Palmer, 1881, p. 179

[PrelimCensus2017-1] Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

[2] Palmer, 1881, p. 179

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