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Qalqilya Governorate
The Qalqilya Governorate or Qalqiliya Governorate () is an administrative area of Palestine in the northwestern West Bank. Its capital or ''muhfaza'' (seat) is the city of Qalqilya that borders the Green Line. Localities Municipalities * Azzun * Hableh * Qalqilya * Kafr Thulth Towns and villages * Azzun 'Atma * Baqah * Baqat al-Hatab * Beit Amin * Falamya * Hajjah * Immatain * Islah * Jayyous * Jinsafut * Jit * Kafr Laqif * Kafr Qaddum * an Nabi Elyas * Ras Atiya * Sanniriya Sanniriya ( ar, صنّيريّه) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located south of Qalqilya and southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village ha ... * Fara'ata References {{Coord, 32, 11, 9, N, 35, 3, 57, E, display=title, region:PS-QQA Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority in the West Bank ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governorates Of Palestine
The Governorates of Palestine are the administrative divisions of the State of Palestine. After the signing of the Oslo Accords, the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip were divided into three areas ( Area A, Area B, and Area C) and 16 governorates under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian National Authority. Since 2007, there have been two governments claiming to be the legitimate government of the Palestinian National Authority, one based in the West Bank and one based in the Gaza Strip. List West Bank Gaza Strip See also * ISO 3166-2:PS *List of regions of Palestine by Human Development Index This is a list of regions of the State of Palestine by Human Development Index as of 2019. Trends by UNDP reports (international HDI) Human Development Index (by UN Method) of Palestinian Governorates since 2004. See also * Demographics ... References {{Articles on first-level administrative divisions of Asian countries * Palestine, State of P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hajjah, Palestine
Hajjah ( ar, حجة) is a Palestinian territories, Palestinian village in the northern West Bank, located eighteen kilometers west of Nablus in the Qalqilya Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of approximately 2,500 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Location Hajja is located east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Kafr Qaddum and Immatain, Immatin to the east, Al Funduq and Jinsafut to the south, Kafr Abbush, Kafr ‘Abbush, Kafr Laqif and Baqat al-Hatab, Baqat al Hatab to the west, and Kur, Tulkarm, Kur to the north. Etymology According to the local inhabitants, ''Hajjah'' is originally an Aramaic language, Aramaic word translated as "market" or "society". History Glossary of archaeology, Potsherds from the History of ancient Israel and Judah, Israelite, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine and Early Muslim conquests, Early Muslim periods have been found at Hajja. Ancient period The earliest potsherds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fara'ata
Fara'ata ( ar, فرعتا) was a Palestinian people, Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the Western area of the West Bank, located 16 kilometers Southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 657 inhabitants in 2006. In 2012 Fara'ata was merged with the larger Immatain village council. Location Immatin and Far’ata are located west of Qalqiliya. They are bordered by Tell, Nablus, Tell to the east, Deir Istiya to the south, Jinsafut, Al Funduq and Hajjah, Qalqilya, Hajjah to the west, and Kafr Qaddum and Jit, Qalqilya, Jit to the north. History Byzantine Empire, Byzantine ceramics have been found in the village. Fara'ata was noted in the Book of Joshua (Samaritan), Samaritan Chronicle (from the 12th century) under the name of Ophrah, while it has been known under its present name since the 14th century.Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, pp162163 Ottoman era Fara'ata was incorpor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanniriya
Sanniriya ( ar, صنّيريّه) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located south of Qalqilya and southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,780 inhabitants in 2007. Location Sanniriya located southeast of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Biddya to the east, Mas-ha to the south, Beit ‘Amin to the west, and Kafr Thulth to the north. History Sanniriya was founded in the 14th century by Issa as-Saniri, a holy man from Syria, who is buried in the village. Because of his tomb which is venerated by the local inhabitants, religious festivals were held in the village and the old mosque was built adjacent to it also in the 14th century. The prominent clans of the immediate area today—Sheikh, Omar, Ahmad, and Younis—are descendants of as-Saniri. The Abu Hadgi clan migrated to Sanniriya from Deir Istiya. In 1870 the French explorer Victor Guérin vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ras Atiya
Ras Atiya ( ar, رأس عطيّه; he, ראס עטיה) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 27 km south of Tulkarm and 11 km south of Qalqiliya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 1,599 inhabitants in 2006. Location Ras ‘Atiya (including ''Ras at Tira'' and ''Wadi ar Rasha'') is located 4-5 km south of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the east, Ad Dab’a to the east and south, ‘Izbat Jalud and Al Mudawwar to the south, Habla to the west, and An Nabi Elyas and ‘Arab Abu Farda to the north. Post-1967 After the Six-Day War in 1967, the area has been under Israeli occupation. After the 1995 accords, 32.2 % of Ras 'Atiya land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 67.8 % is Area C. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nabi Ilyas
Nabi Ilyas ( ar, قرية النبي الياس) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located two kilometers east of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, an Nabi Ilyas had a population of approximately 1,214 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. 25.6% of the population of an Nabi Ilyas were refugees in 1997. The health care facilities for an Nabi Ilyas are in Qalqilya designated as MoH level 4 there are also two clinics one run by the UNRWA and one run by the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Location An Nabi Ilyas is located 5.06 km east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat at Tabib and ‘Isla to the east, ''Ras at Tira'' and ''‘Izbat al Ashqar'' to the south, ‘Arab Abu Farda to the west, and Jayyus to the north. History The village is situated on an ancient site. Cisterns, and graves cut into rock have been found here, together with ceramics from the Byzantine era. Ottoman era Nabi Ilyas was incorpora ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Qaddum
Kafr Qaddum ( ar, كفر قدّوم) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located 13 kilometers west of Nablus and 17 kilometers east of Qalqilya in the Qalqilya Governorate. Surrounding towns include Jit to the east and Hajjah to the south. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of approximately 3,500 inhabitants in mid-year 2006. Kafr Qaddum's total land area consists of nearly 19,000 dunams (about 8,000 under Palestinian civil administration and 11,000 under complete Israeli control). Its built-up area consists of 529 dunams. Olive groves make up 80% of the remaining land, 15% is used for vegetation purposes, and 5% are planted crops. In 1852, it was by noted Biblical scholar Edward Robinson on his travels in the region, and in 1882 the PEF's ''Survey of Western Palestine'' (SWP) the village (called ''Kefr Kaddum'') was described as "A good-sized village on low ground, with wells and olives; it has a watch-tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kafr Laqif
Kafr Laqif ( ar, كفر لاقف) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western West Bank, located 22 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 984 inhabitants in 2006. Location Kafr Laqif is located (horizontally) east of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Hajja to the east, Wadi Qana to the south, ‘Azzun to the west, and Khirbet Sir and Baqat al Hatab to the north. History Ceramics from the Byzantine era has been found here.Dauphin, 1998, p. 801 Ottoman era Kafr Laqif, like all of Palestine was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517, and in the 1596 tax registers, it was part of the ''nahiya'' ("subdistrict") of ''Bani Sa'b'', part of the larger Sanjak of Nablus. It had a population of 15 households, all Muslims. The inhabitants paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on agricultural products, including wheat, barley, summer crops, olive trees, goats and beehives, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jit, Qalqilya
Jit ( ar, جيت) is a Palestinian town in the northern West Bank, located 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) west of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 2,320 inhabitants in 2006. Location Jit is located (horizontally) north-east of Qalqilya. It is bordered by Sarra and Beit Iba to the east, Fara'ata and Immatain to the south, Kafr Qaddum to the west, and Qusin to the north. History No Byzantine remains have been found here, leading scholars to suggest that the early Muslim inhabitants came there as a result of migration, and not conversion. However, in 2011 two reliefs of menorahs dating from the Byzantine period, probably of Samaritan origin, were discovered in Jit. Diya al-Din (1173-1245) refers to the presence of Muslims in Jit during his lifetime, and that followers of Ibn Qudamah lived here. Ottoman era In 1517, the village was included in the Ottoman empire with the rest of Palestine, and in the 15 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinsafut
Jinsafut ( ar, جينصافوط) is a Palestinian village in the Qalqilya Governorate in the northeastern West Bank, located east of Qalqilya. increasing in the 1931 census of Palestine, 1931 census to 315 Muslims, with 76 houses. In the Village Statistics, 1945, 1945 census the population was 450 Muslims,Government of Palestine, Department of Statistics, 1945, p 18/ref> with 9,356 dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey. Of this, 1,410 dunams were for plantations or irrigated land, 2,208 for cereals, while 14 dunams were built-up (urban) land. Jordanian era In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, Jinsafut came under Jordanian rule. It was Jordanian annexation of the West Bank, annexed by Jordan in 1950. The Jordanian census of 1961 found 729 inhabitants in Jinsafut.Government of Jordan, Department of Statistics, 1964, p25/ref> 1967-present Since the Six-Day War in 1967, Jinsafut has been under Israeli o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jayyous
Jayyus ( ar, جيوس) is a Palestinian village near the west border of the West Bank, close to Qalqilya. It is a farming community. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 3,307 inhabitants in 2006. Location Jayyus (including Khirbet Sir) is located - northeast of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Baqat al Hatab and Kafr Laqif to the east, Kafr Jamal, Kafr Zibad and Kafr ‘Abbush to the south, ‘Azzun ‘Izbat at Tabib, An Nabi Elyas and ‘Arab Abu Farda to the west, and the Green Line to the north. History At ''Khirbet Sir'', just east of Jayyus, two rock-cut tombs have been found, with a large mound with terraces cut in the sides, and a good well below. Byzantine ceramics have also been found. Ottoman era Jayyus was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire in 1517 with all of Palestine, and in 1596 it appeared in the tax registers as being in the ''Nahiya'' of Bani Sa'b of the '' Liwa'' of Nablus. It had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Islah, Qalqilya
Azzun (also spelled Azzoun) (, from the root word عز ''′izz'' which means honor or esteem) is a Palestinian town in Qalqilya Governorate in the northern West Bank, located 9 kilometers east of Qalqilya and 24 kilometers south of Tulkarm. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics census, Azzun, together with the adjacent villages of Islah and Izbat al-Tabib, had a population of over 8,900 in 2007. The vast majority of the inhabitants are Muslim, with a very small Christian minority. Location ‘Azzun is located 7-9 km west of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by Kafr Laqif and Wadi Qana to the east, Kafr Thulth to the south, An Nabi Elyas to the west, and Jayyus and Khirbet Sir to the north. History Ottoman era Just north of the village six -seven dry stone towers were examined in 1873. The best-preserved had six courses standing, and part of the roof. The locals stated that they were ancient vineyard towers. Azzun was a site of battle - part of Napoleon Bonapar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
