Jalbun

Jalbun () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 13 km east of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 2,493 inhabitants in mid-year 2006 and 2,813 in 2017. The primary healthcare facilities for Jalbun are described by the Ministry of Health as level 2.

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Place details

Locality: جلبون
Region: West Bank
Country: الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population: 2,421
Timezone: Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Jalbun
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: جلبون
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1: Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1: Jalabun (official)
Settlement.type: Municipality type D (Village council)
Settlement.image_skyline: Jalbun.jpg
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Jalbun within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 189/207
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: Village council

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Wikidata facts

Population: 836
Elevation: 325
Image: Jalbun.jpg

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Commons category: Jalbun
PCBS locality code: 10190

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Contents

History
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
post-1967
Demography
Local origins
Footnotes
Bibliography
External links

==History== It has been suggested that Jalbun is identical to Gelbus, a place mentioned in Eusebius' Onomasticon. Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.