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:''Not to be confused with Wadi al-Auja, the Arabic name of the Yarkon River'' Al-Auja ((アラビア語:العوجا)) is a Palestinian town in the Jericho Governorate in the eastern West Bank, located ten kilometers north of Jericho. The town has a total area of 107,905 dunams, however its built-up area comprises only 832 dunams. After Israel's occupation of the West Bank in the 1967 Six-Day War, 30,147 dunams of al-Auja's land was classified as "closed-off area" barred from Palestinian use. It is situated 230 meters below sea level.〔 The town is built along, and shares the name of, the Wadi al-Auja stream, "al-auja" meaning "the meandering one". This should not to be confused with the other river called in Arabic by the same name, Nahr al-Auja, and known by its biblical and Hebrew name as the Yarkon River. During World War I this coincidence led to the term of "the line of the two Aujas" referring to a strategic line connecting the two river valleys. Agricultural land makes up over 10% of the town's area,〔 mostly planted with bananas, oranges, and vegetables for which al-Auja is well-known. Irrigation water is mainly supplied from the al-Auja spring.〔(Welcome to al-'Auja ) Palestine Remembered.〕 According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, al-Auja had a population of over 4,000 inhabitants in mid-year 2006.〔(Projected Mid -Year Population for Jericho District by Locality 2004- 2006 ) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics〕 In 1997, refugees constituted 24.7% of the population.〔(Palestinian Population by Locality and Refugee Status ) (1997) Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics.〕 Located in "Area A", complete control over al-Auja was transferred to the Palestinian National Authority in a 1994 deal which also included Jericho and Gaza.〔(Al 'Auja village ) Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 21 January 2006.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Al-Auja, Jericho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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