Qibya
Sign in to saveQibya () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah and exactly north of the large Israeli city of Modi'in. It is part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 6,090 in 2017.
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- Locality
- قبيا
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 4,761
- Timezone
- Asia/Hebron
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qibya
- Settlement.translit_lang1
- Arabic
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.type
- Municipality type C
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Qibya1640.JPG
- Settlement.image_caption
- Qibya
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Palestine
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Qibya within Palestine
- Settlement.grid_name
- Palestine grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 151/153
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- State of Palestine
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Governorate
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ramallah and al-Bireh
- Settlement.established_title
- Founded
- Settlement.government_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.leader_title
- Head of Municipality
- Settlement.leader_name
- Fahmi Makhtub
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 7128
- Area
- 16.485
- Image
- Kibia1624.JPG
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- Qibya
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Location
- History
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate period
- Jordanian era
- Massacre
- Post-1967
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Qibya () is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located northwest of Ramallah and exactly north of the large Israeli city of Modi'in. It is part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 6,090 in 2017.
The village is known for being the site of the 1953 Qibya massacre.
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