Qabatiya

Qabatiya (, also spelled Qabatia, Qabatya, and Kabatiya) is a city in Jenin Governorate, West Bank, Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007 and 24,439 by 2017.

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Place details

Locality: قباطية‎
Region: West Bank
Country: الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population: 19,127
Timezone: Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Qabatiya
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: قباطية
Settlement.type: Municipality type B
Settlement.image_skyline: قباطية.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Qabatiya general view (Eastern field)
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Qabatiya within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 176/201
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_name: State of Palestine (occupied by Israel)
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Jenin
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.leader_title: Head of Municipality

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

History
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
Post-1967
References
Bibliography
External links

Its entire land area is 50,547 dunams (50.5 km2; 19.5 sq mi), and its elevation is roughly 256 meters (840 feet). Qabatiya is famous for its olive groves, modern agriculture, and limestone industry.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qabatiya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.