Jinsafut
Jinsafut (Arabic: جينصافوط, Jinṣāfūṭ) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,571 inhabitants in 2017.
Jinsafut | |
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Municipality type D (Village council) | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جينصافوط |
| • Latin | Jensafut (official) |
Jinsafut, 2015 | |
Jinsafut Location of Jinsafut within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°10′43″N 35°07′46″E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/176 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Total | 9,335 dunams (9.3 km2 or 3.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 404−462 m (−1,112 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 2,571 |
| • Density | 280/km2 (720/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Jinsafut |
Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut.
In 2012 it was decided that Jinsafut and Al-Funduq should be merged under one local council.
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