Jenin

Summary

Jenin is a city^[1]. Jenin ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Jenin was a member of Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities^[3].
• Jenin was a member of The Association of Palestinian Local Authorities APLA^[4].
• Jenin is located in Jenin Governorate^[5].
• Jenin is in the country of Palestine^[6].
• Jenin is on the body of water Jordan River^[7].
• Jenin's image is recorded as Jenin-new.jpg^[8].
• Jenin's continent is recorded as Asia^[9].
• Jenin's instance of is recorded as city^[10].
• Jenin's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Palestine type A^[11].
• Jenin's official language is recorded as Arabic^[12].
• Jenin's twinned administrative body is recorded as Coslada^[13].
• Jenin's twinned administrative body is recorded as Sidi Bennour^[14].
• Jenin's legislative body is recorded as Municipality of Jenin^[15].
• Jenin's executive body is recorded as Municipality of Jenin^[16].
• Jenin's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130365398^[17].
• Jenin's GND ID is recorded as 4363108-3^[18].
• Jenin's locator map image is recorded as Control status of the West Bank as per the Oslo Accords.svg^[19].
• Jenin's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n98067283^[20].
• Jenin's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 14457815c^[21].
• Jenin's IdRef ID is recorded as 259600911^[22].
• Jenin's Commons category is recorded as Jenin^[23].
• Jenin's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 19807826^[24].
• Jenin's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[25].
• Jenin's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+03:00^[26].
• Jenin's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.461111111111116, 'lon': 35.3}^[27].

Body

Geography

Jenin is in the country of Palestine^[6]. Jenin is located in Jenin Governorate^[5]. Jenin is on the body of water Jordan River^[7]. Jenin's continent is recorded as Asia^[9].

Physical Characteristics

Jenin's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+37.30'}^[28]. Jenin's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+250'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+49908'}^[30] and {'amount': '+30000'}^[31].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[10] and Municipality of Palestine type A^[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Jenin include Jenin Brigades^[32], a militia^[33], in Palestine^[34], founded in 2021^[35], headquartered in Jenin Refugee Camp^[36] and Jenin Refugee Camp^[37], a refugee camp^[38], in Palestine^[39], founded in 1953^[40].

Why It Matters

Jenin ranks in the top 9% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (257 views/month).^[2] Jenin has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] Jenin is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for Jenin include Jenin Brigades^[32], a militia^[33], in Palestine^[34], founded in 2021^[35], headquartered in Jenin Refugee Camp^[36] and Jenin Refugee Camp^[37], a refugee camp^[38], in Palestine^[39], founded in 1953^[40].