Jenin

Jenin is a city in the , , and is the capital of the . 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.
  • Town with about 49,900 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 250 metres (820 feet)
  • Description: City in the State of Palestine
  • Also known as
    “‘Ein Gannīm”
    “Engannim”
    “Gema”
    “Ginai”
    “Ginaia”
    “Janin”
    “Janine”
    “Jenine”
    “Jinin”
    “جنين”

Places of Interest

Highlights include The Freedom Theatre.
Theater building
is a community-based theatre and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Jenin Refugee Camp and Burqin.
The , also known as the Jenin camp…
A abualrob, Public domain.
Village
is a Palestinian town in the northern located 5 km west of Jenin. is situated 3½ km west of Jenin.
Village
is a Palestinian village in the… is situated 4 km southwest of Jenin.
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Latitude
32.4619° or 32° 27′ 43″ north
Longitude
35.2976° or 35° 17′ 51″ east
Open location code
8G4QF76X+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
Wiki­data ID

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zeeuws—“Jenin” goes by many names.
جِنِينArabic
مدينة جنينArabic
YenínAragonese
JeninAsturian
CeninAzerbaijani
JeninBasque
ДжэнінBelarusian
জেনিনBengali
ДженинBulgarian
DjininCatalan
JeninCatalan
JanīnCebuano
جەنینCentral Kurdish
ДженинChechen
傑寧Chinese
哲寧Chinese
杰宁Chinese
杰寧Chinese
DžanínCzech
DženínCzech
JeninCzech
JeninDanish
Cenin, FılıstinDimli (individual language)
JeninDutch
جنينEgyptian Arabic
ĜeninEsperanto
JeninEsperanto
JeninEstonian
JeninFinnish
JeninGalician
XininGalician
ΤζενίνGreek
જેનિનGujarati
ג’נין‎Hebrew
जेनिनHindi
JeninIban
JeninIndonesian
GeninItalian
JeninItalian
ジェニーンJapanese
ジェニンJapanese
ಜೆನಿನ್Kannada
제닌Korean
CenînKurdish
DženīnaLatvian
DženinasLithuanian
ЏенинMacedonian
JeninMalay
جنينMalay
ജെനിൻMalayalam
जेनिनMarathi
JeninNorwegian
JeninNorwegian Bokmål
JeninNorwegian Nynorsk
ДженинOssetian
جنینPersian
DżaninPolish
DżeninPolish
JeninRomanian
ДжанинRussian
ДженинRussian
JeninScots
ЏенинSerbian
ජෙනින්Sinhala
DženinSlovenian
JeninSwedish
ஜெனின்Tamil
జెనిన్Telugu
เจนีนThai
ญินีนThai
Cenin, Batı ŞeriaTurkish
Cenin, FilistinTurkish
ДжанінUkrainian
ДженінUkrainian
جنین، مغربی کنارہUrdu
JeninVietnamese
JeninWelsh
جنینWestern Panjabi
JeninZeeuws

Localities in the Area

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West Bank: Highlights

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