- Arrabah
Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Arrabah
imgsize=250
caption=Northern view
arname=عرّابة
meaning=
founded=
type=munb
typefrom=1995
altOffSp=Arraba
altUnoSp=Arrabeh
governorate=jn
latd=32|latm=24|lats=16.63|latNS=N
longd=35|longm=12|longs=12.20|longEW=E
population=10,000
popyear=2006
area=39,558
areakm=40.5
mayor=Adib al-ArdahArrabah, (
Arabic : عرّابة 'Arrābah), or Arraba or Arrabeh, aPalestinian village in the northernWest Bank that is about 13 kilometers to the south-west ofJenin . The village is about 350 meters above the sea level and lies near Sahl Arrabah, a 30-squared-kilometerplain that lies between the two groups of heights ofMount Carmel andNablus . Arrabah currently has a population of approximately 10,000 that is entirelyMuslim . [ [http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop01.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Jenin Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006]Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics ]History
In the 19th nineteenth century the village was the main residence of the Abd al-Hadis, a feudalistic family that dominated over al-Sha'rawiyyah al-Sharqiyyah, an area that included about 20 villages in
Kaza Jenin .Fact|date=March 2008Notable people from Arrabah
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Sami Taha (1916-1947), trade unionist; from 1937, general secretary of thePalestine Arab Workers Society .
*Abu Ali Mustafa (1938-2001), secretary general of thePFLP .
*Siham Ardah(1947-2007), poet and writer
*Thabit Mardawi, senior operative in thePalestinian Islamic Jihad .References
External links
* [http://www.araba.ps/index.php?Controller=araba_overview The Municipality's official website] ar icon
*Beshara Doumani 's "Redicovering Palestine" Contains an account of the relations between Jabal Nablus and the Ottomans. [http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=ft896nb5pc&chunk.id=0&toc.depth=100&brand=eschol (Full text )] .
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