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Year |  | Population |  | Area |  | Governorate |  | Region |  | State | Type | 2008 |  | 39004 |  | |  | Jenin |  | West Bank (Occupied Palestinian Territories) |  | Palestinian Authority | Palestinian city |  | 1997 |  | 26681 |  | |  | Jenin |  | West Bank (Occupied Palestinian Territories) |  | Palestinian Authority | Palestinian city |  | 1961 |  | 14402 |  | |  | Jenin |  | West Bank (controlled by Transjordan) |  | Transjordan | Arab locale |  | 1945 |  | 3990 |  | |  | Jenin |  | Palestine |  | British Mandate | Arab locale |  | 1931 |  | 2774 |  | 19874 |  | Jenin |  | Palestine |  | British Mandate | Arab locale |  | 1922 |  | 2637 |  | |  | Jenin |  | Palestine |  | British Mandate | Arab locale |  | 1916 |  | 2637 |  | |  | Sanjak of Nablus |  | Vilayet of Beirut |  | Ottoman Empire | Arab locale |  |
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Population sources and information
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Backgrounder Jenin was known in ancient times as the Canaanite village of "Ein Ganim" or "Tel Jenin". Tell Jenin, its name in Arabic, is located at the center of what is today Jeninzzz*zs business district.
In the time of Saladin al-Ayoubi, approximately 11... More
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Leadership
Hatem Rida Jarrar, Mayor, Islamists for Change and Reform
Muhammad Ragheb Abbas, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Ibrahim Muhammad Aboushi, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Walid Moussa Abu Moais, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
Omaima Muhammad Abushi, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Abdel Nasser Abdel Aziz, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
Issam Hussein al-Amer, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
Ibrahim Faris al-Sadi, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
Abdullah Muhammad Harb, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Nasser Addin Kamal al-Sadi, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Ali Muhammad Nabhan, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Muhammad Karam Nassar, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
Muhammad Karam Nassar, Local council member, Islamists for Change and Reform
Laila Mahmoud Shraim, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
Hakam Afif Zakarneh, Local council member, Jenin Martyrs
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