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Name meaning Ain en Nueiameh=The spring of the soft soil Weather 22°C, Wind SE at 8 km/h, 44% Humidity | ||
al-Nuway'imah (Arabic: النويعمه) is a Palestinian village in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located five kilometers north of Jericho. It is situated in a low elevation below sea level in the central Jordan Valley. The village contains one primary and secondary school.
History
In 1945, the village's population was 240 and it had jurisdiction over 52,600 dunams of land. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,170 in mid-year 2006.
An-Nuway'imah is one of the few villages in the Jordan Valley that has access to spring water. The nearby spring is key to the economy of the village, as it relies on agriculture as a main source of income and food. The most widely-grown crops are bananas and vegetables. Previously, the water from Wadi Nuway'imah was channeled through open pipes which were vulnerable to contamination and water loss but the American Near East Refugee Aid has undergone a $233,000 project to protect the pipes. Today, the spring channels water to the village through enclosed and buried pipes and is used for multiple purposes.