’Arrana () is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate, located 4 kilometers Northeast of Jenin, in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,418 inhabitants in 2017.
History It has been suggested that this was Aaruna in the list of places conquered by Thutmose III.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp. 82-83
Ceramics from the Byzantine era have been found here.Dauphin, 1998, p. 783
Ottoman era Arranah, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the census of 1596, the village appeared as 'Arrana, located in the nahiya of Sara in the liwa of Lajjun. It had a population of 17 households, all Muslim. They paid a fixed tax rate of 25 % on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, in addition to occasional revenues; a total of 9,000 akçe.Hütteroth and Abdulfattah, 1977, p. 161
In 1838, it was noted as a village in the Jenin district.Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, 2 appendix, p. 130Robinson and Smith, 1841, vol 3, pp. 157, 160
In 1870, Victor Guérin noted it on a small hilltop.Guérin, 1874, p. 337
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine (SWP) described Arraneh as: "A small village, principally of mud, with a few stone houses, standing in the plain, surrounded by olive-yards. It is supplied with water from cisterns. A kubbeh exists about 1/4 mile north of the village."
British Mandate era In the 1922 census of Palestine, conducted by the British Mandate authorities, the village had a population of 216 Muslims,Barron, 1923, Table IX, Sub-district of Jenin, p. 29 increasing slightly in the 1931 census to 267 Muslims, in 46 households.Mills, 1932, p. 67
In 1944/5 statistics the population was 320, all Muslim,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p. 16 with a total of 7,866 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 54 Of this, 13 dunams were used for plantations and irrigable land, 6,460 dunams for cereals,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 98 while 10 dunams were built-up (urban) land.Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics. Village Statistics, April, 1945. Quoted in Hadawi, 1970, p. 148
Jordanian era After the 1948 Arab–Israeli War and the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Arranah came under Jordanian rule.
The Jordanian census of 1961 found 539 inhabitants.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p. 25
Post-1967 Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Arranah has been under Israeli occupation.
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External links Welcome To 'Arrana Arrana, Welcome to Palestine Survey of Western Palestine, Map 9: IAA, Wikimedia commons