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'Anata
Sign in to saveAnata () is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located four kilometers northeast of Jerusalem's Old City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Anata had a population of 16,919 in 2017. Its total land area is 30,603 dunams, of which over half now lies within the Israeli Jerusalem municipality and 1,654 is Palestinian built-up area. Since 1967, 'Anata has been occupied by Israel. Together with Shu'afat refugee camp, the village is almost surrounded by the Israeli West Bank barrier, cutting it off from Jerusa
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The entry is geolocated on the map in PS, across 2 mapped points.
Within Vinony's link graph, 'Anata is referenced by 71 other articles, and connects out to village council, Jerusalem and Palestine.
It sits within the topics 13 Kohanic cities, Anat and Ancient Jewish settlements of Judaea.
Its subject is documented across 14 Wikipedia language editions.
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Place details
- Locality
- حزما
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 11,946
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- 'Anata
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
- Latin
- Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
- Anata (official)
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type C (Town)
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Jerusalem, - 2008 (2465027524).jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- 'Anata in 2008
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of 'Anata within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 174/135
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Quds
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Village council
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Quds Governorate
- Population
- 16919
- Area
- 30.6
- Elevation
- 700
- Image
- 7 010 East Jerusalem.jpg
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- Commons category
- Anata
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Encyclopedic overview
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Ancient times
- Byzantine period
- Ayyubid period
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate period
- Jordanian period (1948–1967)
- Israeli and PA period (1967–present)
- Main families
- Sanctuaries
- Saleh and Rumia
- 'Abd es-Sallam
- Local administration
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Anata () is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank, located four kilometers northeast of Jerusalem's Old City. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, 'Anata had a population of 16,919 in 2017. Its total land area is 30,603 dunams, of which over half now lies within the Israeli Jerusalem municipality and 1,654 is Palestinian built-up area. Since 1967, 'Anata has been occupied by Israel. Together with Shu'afat refugee camp, the village is almost surrounded by the Israeli West Bank barrier, cutting it off from Jerusalem and surrounding villages except for a checkpoint in the west and a road in the north-east that gives access to the rest of the West Bank.
==History== 'Anata is situated on an ancient site, old stones have been reused in village homes, and cisterns dug into rock have been found, together with caves and ancient agricultural terraces.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “'Anata” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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