Qila () is a
Palestinian
Palestinians () are an Arab ethnonational group native to the Levantine region of Palestine.
*: "Palestine was part of the first wave of conquest following Muhammad's death in 632 CE; Jerusalem fell to the Caliph Umar in 638. The indigenous p ...
village located north-west of
Hebron
Hebron (; , or ; , ) is a Palestinian city in the southern West Bank, south of Jerusalem. Hebron is capital of the Hebron Governorate, the largest Governorates of Palestine, governorate in the West Bank. With a population of 201,063 in ...
. The village is in the
Hebron Governorate Southern
West Bank
The West Bank is located on the western bank of the Jordan River and is the larger of the two Palestinian territories (the other being the Gaza Strip) that make up the State of Palestine. A landlocked territory near the coast of the Mediter ...
. According to the
Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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, the village had a population of 918 in mid-year 2006. The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1 and at
Beit Ula,
Kharas or Nuba where the healthcare is at level 2.
History
Many scholars identify Qila with the biblical
Keilah, mentioned in
1 Samuel
The Book of Samuel () is a book in the Hebrew Bible, found as two books (1–2 Samuel) in the Old Testament. The book is part of the Deuteronomistic history, a series of books (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, and Kings) that constitute a theological ...
.
[ David Toshio Tsumura, ''The First Book of Samuel'' (NICOT; Grand Rapids: ]Eerdmans
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, 2007), 550.
Footnotes
Bibliography
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External links
*Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21:
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Villages in the West Bank
Hebron Governorate
Municipalities of Palestine
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