Jenin Governorate
The Jenin Governorate 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: governorate of the State of Palestine with 311,000 residents
- Description: governorate within the Palestinian Territories
- Also known as: “Janin”, “Jenin County”, “Muḥāfaẓat Ǧanīn”, and “Nafat Ǧanīn”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Freedom Theatre and Burkin Church.
The Freedom Theatre
Theater building
The Freedom Theatre is a Palestinian community-based theatre and cultural center in the Jenin refugee camp, in Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, Palestine.
Burkin Church
Church
Photo: Sylwia Ufnalska, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Burqin Church, also known as the Church of the Ten Lepers or Church of St George, is a Greek Orthodox church established during the Byzantine period and located in the Palestinian West Bank town of Burqin, in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine. Burkin Church is situated 4 km west of Jenin Governorate.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Jenin and Jenin Refugee Camp.
Jenin
Jenin is a city in the West Bank, Palestine, and is the capital of the Jenin Governorate. It is a hub for the surrounding towns. Jenin came under Israeli occupation in 1967, and was put under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority as Area A of the West Bank, a Palestinian enclave, in 1995.
Jenin Refugee Camp
Town
Photo: Dan Palraz, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Jenin refugee camp, also known as the Jenin camp, is a town originally founded in 1953 as a Palestinian refugee camp located within the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
Burqin
Village
Photo: A abualrob, Public domain.
Burqin is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 5 km west of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, its population was 5,685 in 2007 and 7,126 in 2017. Burqin is situated 3½ km west of Jenin Governorate.
Jenin Governorate
- Location: West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Jenin Governorate” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جنين (محافظة)”
- Arabic: “محافظة جنين”
- Aragonese: “Gubernación de Yenín”
- Asturian: “Gobernación de Yenín”
- Basque: “Jeningo Gobernazioa”
- Catalan: “Governació de Jenin”
- Central Kurdish: “پارێزگای جەنین”
- Chinese: “杰宁省”
- Dutch: “Jenin”
- Egyptian Arabic: “محافظة جنين”
- French: “gouvernorat de Jénine”
- French: “Gouvernorat de Jénine”
- Galician: “Gobernación de Xinin”
- German: “Gouvernement Dschenin”
- German: “Jenin Governorate”
- Greek: “Κυβερνείο Τζενίν”
- Hebrew: “ג’נין”
- Hebrew: “נפת ג’נין”
- Hungarian: “Dzsenín kormányzóság”
- Indonesian: “Kegubernuran Jenin”
- Italian: “governatorato di Jenin”
- Italian: “Governatorato di Jenin”
- Japanese: “ジェニーン”
- Japanese: “ジェニーン県”
- Korean: “제닌주”
- Lithuanian: “Dženino muchafaza”
- Malay: “Kawasan Pentadbiran Jenin”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Jenin guvernement”
- Persian: “استان جنین”
- Polish: “Dżanin”
- Portuguese: “Jenim”
- Portuguese: “Província de Jenim”
- Portuguese: “Província de Jenin”
- Romanian: “Guvernoratul Jenin”
- Russian: “Джанин”
- Russian: “Дженин”
- Scots: “Jenin Govrenorate”
- Serbian: “Гувернорат Џенин”
- Slovenian: “Guvernat Dženin”
- Spanish: “Gobernacion de Yenin”
- Spanish: “Gobernación de Yenín”
- Tamil: “யனீன் ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “ஜெனின் ஆளுநரகம்”
- Tamil: “ஜெனின் கவர்னரேட்”
- Thai: “เขตผู้ว่าการญินีน”
- Turkish: “Cenin valiliği”
- Ukrainian: “Джанін (провінція)”
- Ukrainian: “Джанін”
- Urdu: “محافظہ جنین”
- Welsh: “llywodraethiaeth Jenin”
- Welsh: “Llywodraethiaeth Jenin”
- Western Panjabi: “ضلع جنین”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Al Baldah al Qadīmah and Ḩayy al Marāḩ.
Notable Places Nearby
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