'Anata
'Anata | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عناتا |
| • Latin | Anata (official) |
'Anata in 2008 | |
'Anata Location of 'Anata within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°48′46″N 35°15′43″E / 31.81278°N 35.26194°E | |
| Palestine grid | 174/135 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Quds |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Kamil Alrifai |
| Area | |
• Total | 30.6 km2 (11.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 16,919 |
| • Density | 553/km2 (1,430/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Anata, personal name |
'Anata (Arabic: عناتا) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located four kilometers northeast of Jerusalem's Old City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Anata had a population of 16,919 in 2017. Its total land area is 30,603 dunams, of which over half now lies within the Israeli Jerusalem municipality and 1,654 is Palestinian built-up area. Since 1967, 'Anata has been occupied by Israel. Together with Shu'afat refugee camp, the village is almost surrounded by the Israeli West Bank barrier, cutting it off from Jerusalem and surrounding villages except for a checkpoint in the west and a road in the north-east that gives access to the rest of the West Bank.