Al-Yamun
Sign in to saveAl-Yamun () is a Palestinian town located nine kilometers west of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, in the northern West Bank. Al-Yamun's land area consists of approximately 20,000 dunams, of which 1,300 dunams is built-up area.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Al-Yamun is referenced by 119 other articles, and connects out to Palestine, Egypt and Arabic.
The entry is geolocated on the map in PS, across 2 mapped points.
Vinony files it under Cities in the West Bank, Jenin Governorate and Municipalities of Palestine.
Its subject is documented across 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- al-Yamun
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info
- اليامون
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type B
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Al Yamoun مقام النبي يامين - panoramio.jpg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of al-Yamun within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 171/210
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Jenin
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.unit_pref
- dunam
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 20.4
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Jenin Governorate
- Population
- 1473
- Area
- 20400
- Elevation
- 177
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Image
- Al Yamoun مقام النبي يامين - panoramio.jpg
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- Al Yamun
- P12749
- 1766
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman era
- British Mandate era
- Jordanian era
- Post-1967
- Folklore
- Demography
- Local origins
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Al-Yamun () is a Palestinian town located nine kilometers west of Jenin in the Jenin Governorate of Palestine, in the northern West Bank. Al-Yamun's land area consists of approximately 20,000 dunams, of which 1,300 dunams is built-up area.
According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 16,383 inhabitants in the 2007 census and 20,774 by 2017. The population is formed mainly of a number of families such as Frehat, Khamaysa, Samudi, Hushiya, Abu al-Hija, Samara, 'Abahra, Zaid, Jaradat, Sharqieh and Nawahda that sourced many inspirational figures such as Jad and Ayham Frihat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Al-Yamun” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
2 mapped locations