Arraba, Jenin
Arraba | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عرّابة |
| • Latin | Arraba (official) Arrabeh Arrabah |
Northern view of Arraba, 2007 | |
Arraba Location of Arraba within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°24′16″N 35°12′12″E / 32.40444°N 35.20333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 169/201 |
| State | Palestine |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1995) |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad al-ʻArdah |
| Area | |
• Total | 39.6 km2 (15.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 11,479 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (751/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "A steppe" |
Arraba (Arabic: عرّابة ʻArrābah), also Arrabah, Arrabeh or Arrabet Jenin, is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 12 kilometers southwest of Jenin and has an elevation of 350 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, Arraba had a population of 11,479 in 2017.