Araqah
Araqah is a Palestinian village 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 village had a population of 2,667 inhabitants in 2017.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 2,670 residents
- Description: village council in Jenin Governorate
- Also known as: “‘Araqa”, “‘Araqah”, “‘Arrāqa”, “Al-Araqah”, “Arrakah”, and “El ‘Araqa”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid and Hinanit.
Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid
Village
Nazlet Zeid is a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, administratively part of the Jenin Governorate. The village is in Area C, putting it under full Israeli military and civilian control. Nazlat ash-Sheikh Zeid is situated 2½ km west of Araqah.
Hinanit
Village
Photo: Tamir bejerano, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hinanit is an Israeli settlement in the northern West Bank. It is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. Hinanit is situated 3 km northwest of Araqah.
Kufeirit
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kufeirit is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 16 km west of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,446 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 3,068 by 2017. Kufeirit is situated 3 km south of Araqah.
Araqah
- Category: locality
- Location: Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.46968° or 32° 28′ 11″ northLongitude
35.2009° or 35° 12′ 3″ eastPopulation
2,670Elevation
288 metres (945 feet)Open location code
8G4QF692+V9OpenStreetMap ID
node 432544111OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
284904Wikidata ID
Q15186360
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Norwegian Nynorsk—“Araqah” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “العرقة”
- Arabic: “عرقة”
- Basque: “Araqah”
- Bengali: “আরাকা, ফিলিস্তিন”
- Catalan: “Araqah”
- Cebuano: “Al ‘Araqa”
- Dutch: “Araqah”
- French: “Araqah”
- Hebrew: “אל-עראקה”
- Hebrew: “ערקה”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Araqah”
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