Editing Jenin (section)

==Geography==
Jenin is situated at the foot of the rugged northernmost hills ([[Jabal Nablus]]) of the [[West Bank]], and along the southern edge of the [[Jezreel Valley]] (Marj Ibn Amer),<ref name="Zeitoun">{{cite book|last1=Zeitoun|first1=Mark|title=Power and Water in the Middle East: The Hidden Politics of the Palestinian-Israeli Water Conflict|date=2008|publisher=I.B.Tauris|page=88|isbn=978-0-85771-585-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=afUBAwAAQBAJ&q=Jenin+situated&pg=PA88}}</ref> which the city overlooks.<ref>{{cite book|last1=von Tischendorf|first1=Constantin|author-link1= Constantin von Tischendorf |title=Travels in the East|date=1853|publisher=Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans|page=226|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rYZTAAAAYAAJ&q=Jenin+vegetation&pg=PA226}}</ref> Its highest elevation is about 250 meters above sea level and its lowest areas are 90 meters above sea level.<ref>{{cite book|title=Environmental Profile for the West Bank: Jenin District|date=1996|publisher=Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem|page=67|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=F_EoAQAAIAAJ&q=Jenin+situated}}</ref> Immediately southwest of Jenin is the [[Sahl Arraba]] plain (Dothan Valley), while further south is the [[Marj Sanur]] valley.<ref name="NID">{{cite book|author1=Great Britain: Naval Intelligence Division|title=Palestine & Transjordan|date=28 October 2013|publisher=Routledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Md7WAQAAQBAJ&q=Sahl+Arraba&pg=PA17|page=17|isbn=978-1-136-20939-0}}</ref> About 1.5 kilometers to Jenin's east is [[Mount Gilboa]] (Jabal Faqqua).<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hammel|first1=Eric|title=Six Days in June: How Israel Won the 1967 Arab-Israeli War|date=2001|publisher=Pacifica Military History|page=373|isbn=978-1-890988-26-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPObGpbNBtIC&q=Jenin+kilometers+Nablus&pg=PA373}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Jenin is 42 kilometers north of [[Nablus]], 18 kilometers to the south of [[Afula]], and 51 kilometers southeast of [[Haifa]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lewensohn|first1=Avraham|title=Israel Tourguide|date=1979|publisher=Tourguide : Bet A. Lewensohn|page=244|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGcKAQAAIAAJ&q=Jenin+kilometers+north+of+Nablus}}</ref> The nearest localities are [[Umm at-Tut]] and [[Jalqamus]] to the southeast, [[Qabatiya]] and [[Zababdeh]] to the south, [[Burqin, Palestine|Burqin]] to the southwest, [[Kafr Dan]] to the west, [[Arranah]], [[Jalamah]] and the Arab Israeli village of [[Muqeible]] to the north, [[Deir Ghazaleh]] to the northeast, and [[Beit Qad]] and [[Deir Abu Da'if]] to the east.