Jinsafut | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | جينصافوط |
• Latin | Jensafut (official) |
Location of Jinsafut within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°10′43″N 35°07′46″E / 32.17861°N 35.12944°E | |
Palestine grid | 162/176 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Qalqilya |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Area | |
• Total | 9,335 dunams (9.3 km2 or 3.6 sq mi) |
Elevation | 404−462 m (−1,112 ft) |
Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 2,571 |
• Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
Name meaning | Jinsafut[3] |
Jinsafut (Arabic: جينصافوط, Jinṣāfūṭ) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya.[4] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,571 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut.[5]
In 2012 it was decided that Jinsafut and Al-Funduq should be merged under one local council.[1]