Jenin Governorate

Jenin Governorate
Governorate
Location of Jenin Governorate
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate
2018 United Nations map of the area, showing the Israeli occupation arrangements in the governorate
Country Palestine
Area
 • Total583 km2 (225 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total314,866
 This figure excludes the Israeli West Bank Settlements
Governorates of the West Bank (State of Palestine)

The Jenin Governorate (Arabic: محافظة جنين, romanized: Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanīn) is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It covers the northern extremity of the West Bank, including the area around the city of Jenin, which is the district capital or muhfaza of the district.

According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 2017 Census, the governorate had a population of 314,866.[1] This is an increase from the reported population of 256,619 in the 2007 Census[2] living in 47,437 households.[2] 100,701 inhabitants (or 39%) were under the age of 63 (or 31%) were registered refugees.[2] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics 1997 Census, the Governorate had a population of 195,074.[3]

It is the only governorate in the West Bank where the majority of control of land is under the Palestinian National Authority. Four Israeli settlements were evacuated as a part of Israel's unilateral disengagement plan in 2005.

History

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In 1517, when Ottoman Sultan Selim I annexed the area, it was awarded as fief to Emir Tarabay ibn Qaraja, chieftain of the Bani Hareth,who supported the Ottomans by contributing guides and scouts.[4] the Tarabays were granted the territory of the Sanjak ("District") of Lajjun, which was a part of the province of Damascus, and encompassed the Jezreel Valley, northern Samaria, and a part of the north-central coastline of Palestine as its territory.[5][6][7] This area was called "Bilad Haritha" and was composed of four sub-districts (Jenin, Sahel Atlit, Sha'ra, and Shafa), and encompassed a total of 55 villages, including Haifa, Jenin, and Baysan.[8]

Following the dissolution of the Turabay Emirate, the region later forming the Tubas Governorate belonged to Jabal Nablus. Like other regions of Nablus' peripheral hinterland, it followed the provincial center, led by a closely knit web of economic, social and political relations between Nablus’ urban notables and the city’s surroundings. With the help of rural trading partners, these urban notables established trading monopolies that transformed Jabal Nablus’ autarkic economy into an export-driven market, shipping vast quantities of cash crops and finished goods to off-shore markets. Increasing demand for these commodities in the Ottoman Empire’s urban centers and in Europe spurred demographic growth and settlement expansion in the lowlands surrounding Jabal Nablus.[9][10]

During the first six months of the First Intifada the Israeli army shot dead 59 people in Jenin Governorate.[11]

Jenin Governorate Historical population
YearPop.±%
1997195,074—    
2007256,619+31.5%
2017314,866+22.7%
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Localities

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Cities

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Municipalities

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Village councils

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The following is a list of Palestinian localities in the Jenin Governorate with populations of more than 1,000.

See also

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Sources

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  1. ^ a b c "Main Indicators by Type of Locality - Population, Housing and Establishments Census 2017" (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
  2. ^ a b c d 2007 Locality Population Statistics Archived 2010-12-10 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. ^ a b "Palestinian Population by Locality, Subspace and Age Groups in Years [Jenin Governorate]". Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS). 1997. Archived from the original on 2012-03-04. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
  4. ^ Ze'evi, 1996, p. 41.
  5. ^ Agmon, 2006, p. 65.
  6. ^ Marom, Roy; Tepper, Yotam; Adams, Matthew J. (2023-05-09). "Lajjun: Forgotten Provincial Capital in Ottoman Palestine". Levant. 55 (2): 218–241. doi:10.1080/00758914.2023.2202484.
  7. ^ al-Bakhīt, Muḥammad ʻAdnān; al-Ḥamūd, Nūfān Rajā (1989). "Daftar mufaṣṣal nāḥiyat Marj Banī ʻĀmir wa-tawābiʻihā wa-lawāḥiqihā allatī kānat fī taṣarruf al-Amīr Ṭarah Bāy sanat 945 ah". www.worldcat.org. Amman: Jordanian University. pp. 1–35. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  8. ^ The Cultural Landscape of the Tell Jenin Region. Leiden University Open Access, p.29, p.32.
  9. ^ Marom, Roy (2024). "The Palestinian Rural Notables' Class in Ascendency: The Hannun Family of Tulkarm (Palestine)". Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies. 23 (1): 77–108. doi:10.3366/hlps.2024.0327. ISSN 2054-1988.
  10. ^ Doumani, Beshara (1995). Rediscovering Palestine: Merchants and Peasants in Jabal Nablus, 1700–1900. ISBN 978-0-520-20370-9.
  11. ^ B'Tselem information sheet July 1989. p.4. pdf
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