Meithalun
Meithalun is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 26 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, the town had a population of 6,995 in 2007 and 8,321 by 2017.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 8,320 residents
- Description: municipality in Jenin Governorate
- Also known as: “Maysalūn”, “Maythalun”, and “Meithalūn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sanour Meadow.
Sanour Meadow
Photo: Xxxmatrex, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marj Sanur (Arabic: مرج صانور, translation: "Sanur Valley"; also called Marj al-Ghuruq, translation: "Drowning Valley" is a closed basin within the northern mountains of the West Bank, located entirely in the southern Jenin Governorate, in between the cities of Jenin and Nablus. Sanour Meadow is situated 3 km northeast of Meithalun.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Siris and Sanur.
Siris
Village
Siris is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 32 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 5400 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 6,020 by 2017. Siris is situated 2½ km southeast of Meithalun.
Sanur
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sanur is a Palestinian village located 26 kilometres southwest of Jenin, in the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Sanur had a population of 4,067 in 2007 and 5,036 in 2017. Sanur is situated 3 km west of Meithalun.
Al-Judeida
Village
Al-Judeida is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 14 kilometres south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 4,738 in the 2007 census and 5,950 by 2017. Al-Judeida is situated 3 km southeast of Meithalun.
Meithalun
- Category: locality
- Location: Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.34782° or 32° 20′ 52″ northLongitude
35.27381° or 35° 16′ 26″ eastPopulation
8,320Elevation
381 metres (1,250 feet)Open location code
8G4Q87XF+4GOpenStreetMap ID
node 332785661OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
282793Wikidata ID
Q2898712
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Polish—“Meithalun” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ميثلون، جنين”
- Arabic: “ميثلون”
- Catalan: “Meithalun”
- Cebuano: “Maythalūn”
- Dutch: “Meithalun”
- French: “Meithalun”
- Hebrew: “מיית’לון”
- Hebrew: “מית’לון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Meithalun”
- Polish: “Majsalun”
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