Al-Janiya
Al-Janiya () is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate located 8 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 1,296 inhabitants by 2017.
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Place details
- Locality
- الجانية
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 1,147
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Location
- Etymology
- History and archaeology
- Iron Age to Mamluk period
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate
- Jordanian period
- Post-1967
- Maqam of ash-Sheikh Ahmed a-Dajani
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Janiya () is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate located 8 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the village had a population of 1,296 inhabitants by 2017.
==Location== Al Janiya is located 8.5 km west of Ramallah. It is bordered by Al-Zaytouneh and Ein Qiniya to the east, Ras Karkar and Kafr Ni'ma to the west, Al-Zaytouneh and Al-Itihad to the north, and Deir Ibzi to the south.