Back عرابة (جنين) Arabic عرابه (بلده فى محافظه جنين) ARZ Arraba (Jenin) Catalan Arraba German Arraba (Jenin) Basque عرابه (شهر) Persian Arraba (Jénine) French Arraba Galician עראבה (נפת ג'נין) HE Arrabah Italian
Arraba | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عرّابة |
| • Latin | Arraba (official) Arrabeh Arrabah |
 Northern view of Arraba, 2007 | |
  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)[1] | |
• Total | 11,479 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "A steppe"[2] |
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