Jinsafut | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جينصافوط |
| • Latin | Jensafut (official) |
 Jinsafut, 2015 | |
  Jinsafut Location of Jinsafut within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′43″N 35°07′46″E / 32.17861°N 35.12944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/176 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,335 dunams (9.3 km2 or 3.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 404−462 m (−1,112 ft) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 2,571 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Jinsafut[3] |
Jinsafut (Arabic: جينصافوط, Jinṣāfūṭ) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya.[4] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,571 inhabitants in 2017.[2]
Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut.[5]
In 2012 it was decided that Jinsafut and Al-Funduq should be merged under one local council.[1]
- ^ a b Jinsafut Village Profile (including Al Funduq Locality), ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ 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. 183
- ^ The Segregation Wall hits more Palestinian lands in Qalqilyia district Archived 2011-05-19 at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center (LRC) & The Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem (ARIJ). 2004-06-15.
- ^ Biographies of Palestinian political leaders Archived 2008-10-25 at the Wayback Machine Middle East Reference.