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Shuqba

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Shuqba () is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Ramallah in Palestine.

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Place details

Locality
شقبا
Region
West Bank
Country
الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population
4,188
Timezone
Asia/Hebron

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Shuqba
Settlement.translit_lang1
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info
شقبه
Settlement.type
Municipality type D (Village council)
Settlement.image_skyline
Shuqba1325.JPG
Settlement.image_caption
Roadside view of Shuqba, 2012
Settlement.pushpin_map
Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of Shuqba within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
153/154
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
Village council
Settlement.unit_pref
dunam

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

9 sections
Contents
  • Location
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate era
  • Jordanian era
  • Post-1967
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Shuqba () is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Ramallah in Palestine.

Shuqba has a total area of , and the built-up area comprises . Shuqba was home to 5,459 inhabitants in 2017.

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

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