an-Nuway'imah | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | النويعمه |
• Latin | an-Nuwei'ma (official) al-Nuwayimah (unofficial) |
Location of an-Nuway'imah within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 31°53′23″N 35°26′40″E / 31.88972°N 35.44444°E | |
Palestine grid | 190/144 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jericho |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Area | |
• Total | 52,600 dunams (52.6 km2 or 20.3 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,794 |
• Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
Name meaning | Ain en Nueiameh=The spring of the soft soil[2] |
al-Nuway'imah (Arabic: النويعمه) is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley. The village contains one primary and secondary school.[3]