Jenin Municipality
Jenin Governorate
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Jenin Municipality was first established in 1886 during the Turkish Islamic Rule. Since then 23 mayors succesively took charge of the municipality. The city area is around 7500 dunums (1 dunum = 1000 square meters) acoording to the urban organizational project of 1993, whereas the municipality is planning it to reach 11000 dunums.
The number of employees and laborers in the municipality is 400 working in different departments and sections which are mainly: -
1- The administration. 2- Public Relations Dept. 3- Personnel Affairs Dept. 4- Accounting Dept. 5- Engineering Dept. 6- Water Dept. 7- Sewage and Waste Water Dept. 8- Electricity Dept. 9- Sanitation Dept. 10- Mechanics Dept. 11- Public Library Dept. 12- Computer Educational Dept. 13- Legel Affairs Dept.
It is worth noting that since the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza ended in 1995 (1967-1995) no activities of city development of nature took place in Jenin as such activities were always blocked by the Israeli restrictions. This also applies on the other cities and villages of Palestine.
Almost one month a head of the Palestine forces entering the city a new legitimate municipal committee took over in the city. Nominated by president Yasser Arafat on October 13, 1995, the municipal committee made their best to change the dramatic situation in the city. With an annual budget of almost 10 million dollars (the budget of 1998), much work has been accomplished since then, among which the most important probably are:-
1- Paving 35 kilometers of new roads.
2- Digging a new well of 210 cubic meters/hour in capacity.
3- Maintaining some internal roads with the cost of 1.5 million US$.
4- Installing thousands of meters of sewage lines which were not existing before.
5- Rehabilitation of the public library and adding new books to it.
6- Rehabilitation of the old electricity network.
7- Establishing the city conference hall.
8- Establishing an educational computer center in coorporation with the German Hans Seidel Foundation.
9- Contributing in establishing and equipping the children devision in Jenin Hospital.
10- Building a new reservoir with the capacity of 2000 cubic meters.
11- Executing many other developmental projects. Also, there are other projects which will be executed in the near future such as rehabilitation of the water network and the construction of a municipal slaughter house.
12- Establishing good local and international relations.