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:
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]

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