Meithalun
Meithalun | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ميثلون |
Meithalun Location of Meithalun within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°20′57″N 35°16′24″E / 32.34917°N 35.27333°E | |
| Palestine grid | 175/194 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jenin |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Jihad Saleh Rabay'a |
| Area | |
• Total | 12.5 km2 (4.8 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 8,321 |
| • Density | 666/km2 (1,720/sq mi) |
Meithalun (Arabic: ميثلون, transliteration: Meithalûn; also spelled Maythalun, Maithaloun or Meithalon) is a Palestinian town in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 26 kilometers south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 6,995 in 2007 and 8,321 by 2017.
Meithalun has four mosques, six schools, four pharmacies, two weather stations, two kindergartens, two clinics: maternity and general, several workshops, two multipurpose halls, two cemeteries, a police station, an office of the Ministry of Interior of the State of Palestine, three bakeries, four Internet cafes, two cultural centers, two major diwans, and a bank (Bank of Palestine). The town occupies an area of around 12,495 dunum (historic unit translating to about 1000 square meters).