Zababdeh

Infobox Palestinian Authority muni
name=Zababdeh


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arname=الزبابدة
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founded=
type=mund
typefrom=1995
altOffSp=al-Zababida
altUnoSp=az-Zubabdeh
governorate=jn
population=3,850
popyear=2006
area=5,719
areakm=5.7
latd=32 |latm=23 |lats=07.23|latNS=N
longd=35 |longm=19 |longs=23.42|longEW=E
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Zababdeh ( _ar. الزبابدة) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank located 15km southeast of Jenin and 2km from the Arab American University - Jenin. Its jurisdiction consists of 5,719 dunams, three-fifths being covered with olive and fig groves. [ [http://www.palestineremembered.com/GeoPoints/al_Zababida_1115/index.html al-Zababida - الزبابده ] ] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics it had a population of approximately 3,850 in 2006 of which roughly two-thirds are Christians, and by law the mayor has to be a Christian. [ [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]

Twinned towns

Graz, Austria

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References

External links

* [http://www.zababdeh.ps/ Zababdeh Official Website-Rajaie]

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