Meithalun

Meithalun
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicميثلون
Meithalun is located in State of Palestine
Meithalun
Meithalun
Location of Meithalun within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°20′57″N 35°16′24″E / 32.34917°N 35.27333°E / 32.34917; 35.27333
Palestine grid175/194
StateState of Palestine State of Palestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeMunicipality
 • Head of MunicipalityJihad Saleh Rabay'a
Area
 • Total12,495 dunams (12.5 km2 or 4.8 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total8,321
 • Density670/km2 (1,700/sq mi)

Meithalun (Arabic: ميثلون, transliteration: Meithalûn; also spelled Maythalun, Maithaloun or Meithalon) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 26 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 6,995 in 2007 and 8,321 by 2017.[1][2]

Meithalun has four mosques, six schools, four pharmacies, two weather stations, two kindergartens, two clinics: maternity and general, several workshops, two multipurpose halls, two cemeteries, a police station, an office of the Ministry of Interior of the State of Palestine, three bakeries, four Internet cafes, two cultural centers, two major diwans, and a bank (Bank of Palestine). The town occupies an area of around 12,495 dunums.

  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.
  2. ^ "Table 26 (Cont.): Localities in the West Bank by Selected Indicators, 2007" (PDF) (in Arabic). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. 2007. p. 106. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-10.