Arraba | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عرّابة |
| • Latin | Arraba (official) Arrabeh Arrabah |
 Northern view of Arraba | |
  Arraba 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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 179