Qalqilya
Sign in to saveQalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Israel, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank wall, with a narrow gap in the east controlled by the Israeli military and a tunnel to the Palestinian town of Hableh. Qalqilya is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (as part of Area A), while remaining under Israeli military occupation.
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- Locality
- Qalqilya
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 43,212
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qalqilya
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.image_skyline
- قلقيلية.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Qalqilya
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Qalqilya Logo.gif
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Municipal Seal of Qalqilya
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel#West Bank
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Qalqilya within Israel##Location of Qalqilya within the West Bank
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 13
- Settlement.grid_name
- Israel grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 146/177
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Qalqilya
- Settlement.government_type
- City
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Othman Dawoud
- Settlement.total_type
- Jurisdiction
via Wikipedia infobox
Travel guide
Get in
From Ramallah there's a bus which runs once a day to Qalqilya. You can also take a bus to Tulkarem and change in Al-Funduq. Alternatively there are probably service buses going from Nablus, but it's not sure.
Do
The separation wall surrounds the city. You can go out to the edges of the city and walk along it.
Go next
The central bus station has buses going to Ramallah and Nablus.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate period
- 1948 War
- Jordanian occupation
- Post 1967
- Geography
- Demographics
- Government
- Economy
- Souqs
- Land usage and the barrier
- Education
- Culture
- Sister cities
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Qalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Israel, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank wall, with a narrow gap in the east controlled by the Israeli military and a tunnel to the Palestinian town of Hableh. Qalqilya is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (as part of Area A), while remaining under Israeli military occupation.
thumb|Qalqilya According to Edward Henry Palmer, the name came from "a type of pomegranate", or "gurgling of water". Qalqilya was known as Calecailes in the Roman period, and Calcelie in the Frankish sources from the early Medieval times. The word "Qalqilya" might be derived from a Canaanite term which means "rounded stones or hills".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Qalqilya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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