Dothan Valley

32°26′N 35°13′E / 32.43°N 35.22°E / 32.43; 35.22 Dothan Valley or Sahl Arraba (Hebrew: עמק דותן Emek Dotan; Arabic: سهل عرّابة Sahl ʻArrābah, the Arraba plain) is a fertile tectonic valley in the northern West Bank. The region is about eleven kilometers long and four kilometers wide. There are several Palestinian towns located in and around the valley, including Arrabah, Bir al-Basha, Burqin, Yabad, Qabatiya and Kufeirit.[1] There is also an Israeli settlement there - Mevo Dotan.

  1. ^ Rediscovering Palestine, Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700-1900: Egyptian rule, 1831-1840 (1995) Doumani, Beshara. University of California Press.