Araqah
| Araqah | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عرقه |
| • Also spelled |
al-Araqa (official) ’Araqa (unofficial) |
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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°ECoordinates: 32°28′15.50″N 35°12′02.32″E / 32.4709722°N 35.2006444°E | |
| 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]
See also
References
Bibliography
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Araqah. |
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922 (PDF). Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 44)
- Guérin, Victor (1875). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 2. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 224)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas (PDF). Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 144)
External links
- Welcome To 'Araqa
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 8: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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