Araqah

Araqah
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic عرقه
  Also spelled al-Araqa (official)
’Araqa (unofficial)

Araqah as seen from the Shahak Industrial Park
Araqah

Location of Araqah within the Palestinian Territories

Coordinates: 32°28′15.50″N 35°12′02.32″E / 32.4709722°N 35.2006444°E / 32.4709722; 35.2006444Coordinates: 32°28′15.50″N 35°12′02.32″E / 32.4709722°N 35.2006444°E / 32.4709722; 35.2006444
Governorate Jenin
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2006)
  Jurisdiction 2,124

Araqah (Arabic: عرقه) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the Northern area of the West Bank, located 15 kilometers West of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of over 2,124 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.[1]

On 27 April 2015 an eighteen-year-old youth from the village died after being shot the previous day by Israel soldiers.[2]

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