Meithalun
| Meithalun | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ميثلون |
  Meithalun Location of Meithalun within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°20′57″N 35°16′24″E / 32.34917°N 35.27333°ECoordinates: 32°20′57″N 35°16′24″E / 32.34917°N 35.27333°E | |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Jihad Saleh Rabaya |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 12,000 dunams (12.0 km2 or 4.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 6,995 |
| Website | http://www.meithalun.org |
Meithalun (Arabic: ميثلون) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 17 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 6,995 in 2007.[1]
Meithalun has four mosques, six schools, four pharmacies, two weather stations, two kindergartens, two clinics: maternity and general, several workshops, two multipurpose halls, two cemeteries, a police station, an office of the Ministry of Interior, three bakery shops, four Internet cafes, two cultural centers, two major diwans, and a bank (Bank of Palestine). The town occupies an area of 12,000 dunums.
References
- ↑ 2007 Locality Population Statistics. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). p. 106.
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. 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. 156)
- Guérin, Victor (1874). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 2: Samarie, pt. 1. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 351)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Hütteroth, Wolf-Dieter; Abdulfattah, Kamal (1977). Historical Geography of Palestine, Transjordan and Southern Syria in the Late 16th Century. Erlanger Geographische Arbeiten, Sonderband 5. Erlangen, Germany: Vorstand der Fränkischen Geographischen Gesellschaft. ISBN 3-920405-41-2. (p. 128)
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. 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. 187)
- Saulcy, Louis Félicien de (1854). Narrative of a journey round the Dead Sea, and in the Bible lands, in 1850 and 1851. 1, new edition. London: R. Bentley. (Saulcy, 1854, vol 1, p. 87)
External links
- Meithalun Website
- Meithalun Municipality Website
- Welcome to Meithalun
- SWP map 11, IAA
- SWP map 11, Wikimedia commons
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