Arraba | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | عرّابة |
• Latin | Arraba (official) Arrabeh Arrabah |
Location of Arraba within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°24′16″N 35°12′12″E / 32.40444°N 35.20333°E | |
Palestine grid | 169/201 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Jenin |
Government | |
• Type | Municipality (from 1995) |
• Head of Municipality | Ahmad al-ʻArdah |
Area | |
• Total | 39,558 dunams (39.6 km2 or 15.3 sq mi) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 11,479 |
• Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
Name meaning | "A steppe"[2] |
Arraba (Arabic: عرّابة ʻArrābah), also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin. It has an elevation of 350 meters above sea level and lies near Sahl Arraba, a plain that lies between Mount Carmel and Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Arraba had a population of 11,479 in 2017.[1]