An-Nuway'imah

an-Nuway'imah
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicالنويعمه
 • Latinan-Nuwei'ma (official)
al-Nuwayimah (unofficial)
an-Nuway'imah is located in State of Palestine
an-Nuway'imah
an-Nuway'imah
Location of an-Nuway'imah within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°53′23″N 35°26′40″E / 31.88972°N 35.44444°E / 31.88972; 35.44444
Palestine grid190/144
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJericho
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Area
 • Total52,600 dunams (52.6 km2 or 20.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total1,794
 • Density34/km2 (88/sq mi)
Name meaningAin 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]

  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. 339
  3. ^ al-Nuway'imah (in Arabic)