Qatanna
Qatanna | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قطنّه |
| • Latin | Qatanaa (official) Qatna (unofficial) |
Location of Qatanna within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°50′6″N 35°7′20″E / 31.83500°N 35.12222°E | |
| Palestine grid | 160/136 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Area | |
• Total | 3,555 dunams (3.6 km2 or 1.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 6,981 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (5,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | p.n.; confer Heb קָטָן "little" |
Qatanna (Arabic: قطنّه) is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank part of the Jerusalem Governorate, located 12 km. northwest of Jerusalem. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,981 inhabitants in 2017. Primary health care for the town is level 2.