Jinsafut
| Jinsafut | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جينصافوط |
| • Also spelled | Jensafut (official) |
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| Coordinates: 32°10′43″N 35°07′46″E / 32.17861°N 35.12944°ECoordinates: 32°10′43″N 35°07′46″E / 32.17861°N 35.12944°E | |
| Palestine grid | 162/176 |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Area | |
| • Jurisdiction | 9,335 dunams (9.3 km2 or 3.6 sq mi) |
| Population (2007) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 2,357 |
| Name meaning | Jinsafut |
Jinsafut (Arabic: جينصافوط) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located fifteen kilometers east of Qalqilya, and sixteen kilometers west of Nablus. It lies at an elevation of around 430 meters above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,300 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.
Fatah's Secretary-General Farouk Kaddoumi was born in Jinsafut.
The place appeared in 1596 Ottoman tax registers as "Jim Safut", being in the Nahiya of Bani Sa'b of the Liwa of Nablus. It had a population of 26 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid taxes on wheat, barley, summercrops, olives, and goats or beehives, and a press for olives or grapes.
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine described the village as "a small village on high ground, with wells to the north, and a few olives."
In the 1922 census of Palestine conducted by the British Mandate authorities, Jensafut had a population of 267 inhabitants, all Muslims, while in the 1931 census, Jinsafut had 76 occupied houses and a population of 315, again all Muslim.
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