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Al-Janiya
Sign in to saveAl-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
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Janiya
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- الجانيه
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type D (Village council)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- File:Jiniya9257.JPG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Janiya within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 161/149
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ramallah and al-Bireh
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Village council
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
- Settlement.population_total
- 1296
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate
- Population
- 451
- Elevation
- 542
- Image
- Al-Janiya2195.JPG
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- Al-Janiya
- native label
- الجانية
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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