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Jannatah

Coordinates:31°40′9″N35°13′11″E/ 31.66917°N 35.21972°E/31.66917; 35.21972
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Jannatah
Arabic transcription(s)
Arabicجناتة
LatinJanata (official)
Jannatah is located in State of Palestine
Jannatah
Jannatah
Location of Jannatah withinPalestine
Coordinates:31°40′9″N35°13′11″E/ 31.66917°N 35.21972°E/31.66917; 35.21972
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Government
• TypeMunicipality(from 1996)
• Head of MunicipalityMustafa Urooj
Area
• Total11,901dunams(11.9 km2or 4.6 sq mi)
Population
(2017)[1]
• Total7,336
• Density620/km2(1,600/sq mi)
Name meaning"Paradise"

Jannatah(Arabic:جناتة) is aPalestiniantown in the centralWest Bank5 kilometers (3.1 mi) south ofBethlehemin theBethlehem Governorate.Nearby villages includeHindazain the north andTuqu'to the south. It is situated 570 meters (1,870 ft) above sea level. The total land area is 11,901 dunams of which 319 constitute built-up area and 277 have been confiscated by the Israeli government forsettlementsand a military base. Much of the remainder is used forarable land.[2]

History

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In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War,and after the1949 Armistice Agreements,Jannatah came underJordanian rule.

Since theSix-Day Warin 1967, Jannatah has been held underIsraeli occupation.

According toARIJ,Israel hasconfiscatedland from Jannatah to construct two Israeli settlements; 409dunamsof land in 1982 forNokdim[3]and 222 dunams in 1999 for El David.[4]

After the1995 accords,9.4% of the Jannatah's land was classified asArea A,28.5% asArea B,54% asArea C,while the remaining 8.1% was classified as "nature reserves".[3]

Jannatah is named afterWadi al-Jana'enor "Valley of Gardens," the name of the area where the town is located. Jannatah was formed by thePalestinian National Authority(PNA) in 1996 with the merger of the villages of al-Iqab,Rakhme,al-Asakra,Khallet al-Karaneen, Harmala and Abu Nujeim in order to ease the provision of government services and planning for the communities. Since then the town has been governed by amunicipalityconsisting of eleven members appointed by the PNA. The current mayor is Mustafa Urooj and his deputy is Ibrahim Abakreh.[5]There are six mosques and five public schools in Jannatah.[2]

On 28 August 2001, during theSecond Intifada,ARIJreported theIsraeli Armyraided Abu Nujeim, destroyed its water network, uprooted 20 of its olive trees and damaged part of the Abu Nujeim School. That same day, ARIJ reported Israeli soldiers had fired at a livestock pen, killing 15 sheep.[6]

In the 2007 census by thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS), Jannatah had a population of 5,416, or 860 households.[7]The principal families are al-'Asakra, az-Zeer, al-Mu'ti, al-Urooj, al-Hreimi, Shawriya, Salahat and at-Tinih. About 60% of the town's labor force work in agriculture, 15% as civil servants and the remainder in the Israeli labor market and trade, service and industry sectors.[2]By 2017, the population was 7,336.[1]

References

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  1. ^abPreliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017(PDF).Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS) (Report).State of Palestine.February 2018. pp. 64–82.Retrieved2023-10-24.
  2. ^abcJannatah Town Profile.Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem.2010. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.
  3. ^abJannatah Town Profile,ARIJ, p. 18
  4. ^Jannatah Town Profile,ARIJ, pp. 4, 18
  5. ^Jannatah MunicipalityArchived2011-11-25 at theWayback Machine.Jerusalem Media and Communications Center.2012. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.
  6. ^Report on the Israeli Colonization Activities in the West Bank & the Gaza Strip[permanent dead link].Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem(ARIJ). Volume 37. August 2001. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.
  7. ^Population, Housing and Establishment Census 2007Archived2010-12-10 at theWayback Machine.Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics(PCBS). 2008. Retrieved on 2012-02-27.
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