Jinsafut
Jinsafut | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جينصافوط |
| • Latin | Jensafut (official) |
Jinsafut, 2015 | |
Jinsafut Location of Jinsafut within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′43″N 35°07′46″E / 32.17861°N 35.12944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/176 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
• Total | 9.3 km2 (3.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 404–462 m (1,325–1,516 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 2,571 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Jinsafut |
Jinsafut (Arabic: جينصافوط, Jinṣāfūṭ) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,571 inhabitants in 2017.
Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut.
In 2012 it was decided that Jinsafut and Al-Funduq should be merged under one local council.