Ti'inik

Ti'inik
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicتعنّك
Ti'inik is located in the West Bank
Ti'inik
Ti'inik
Location of Ti'inik within Palestine
Ti'inik is located in State of Palestine
Ti'inik
Ti'inik
Ti'inik (State of Palestine)
Coordinates: 32°31′11″N 35°13′16″E / 32.51972°N 35.22111°E / 32.51972; 35.22111
Palestine grid170/214
StatePalestine
GovernorateJenin
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,298[1]
Name meaningFrom Hebrew: sandy[2]

Ti'inik, also transliterated Ti’innik (Arabic: تعنّك), or Ta'anakh/Taanach (Hebrew: תַּעְנַךְ), is a Palestinian village, located 13 km northwest of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.

The village is located on the slopes of an archaeological tell identified with the biblical city of Ta'anach, which has seen intermittent habitation spanning 5000 years.[3]

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,095 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[4]

  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. 153
  3. ^ Ziadeh, Ghada (1995). "Ethno-history and 'reverse chronology' at Ti'innik, a Palestinian village". Antiquity. 69 (266): 999–1008. doi:10.1017/S0003598X00082533. ISSN 0003-598X.
  4. ^ Projected Mid-Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics