Qalqas

Qalqas
Other transcription(s)
 • Arabic قلقاس
Qalqas
Location of Qalqas within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°29′31″N 35°05′48″E / 31.49194°N 35.09667°E / 31.49194; 35.09667Coordinates: 31°29′31″N 35°05′48″E / 31.49194°N 35.09667°E / 31.49194; 35.09667
Palestine grid 158/100
Governorate Hebron
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2007)
 • Jurisdiction 1,149
Name meaning "The ruin of potatoes"[1]

Qalqas or Qilqis (Arabic: قلقاس‎) is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to Beit Hagai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,149 in 2007.[2] The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.[3]

History

French explorer Victor Guérin visited the place in 1863, and described it as "the ruins of a large village".[4]

In 1883, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine called the place Khurbet Kilkis. It was described as having "walls and cisterns, and rock-cut tombs".[5]

References

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  2. ↑ 2007 PCBS Census Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.119.
  3. ↑ West Bank Health care at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-03-13)
  4. ↑ Guérin, 1869, pp. 212, 257-258
  5. ↑ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 358

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
  • Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
  • Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.