Qila, Hebron

Qila
Other transcription(s)
Qila
Location of Qila within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′58″N 35°00′11″E / 31.61611°N 35.00306°E / 31.61611; 35.00306Coordinates: 31°36′58″N 35°00′11″E / 31.61611°N 35.00306°E / 31.61611; 35.00306
Palestine grid 150/113
Governorate Hebron
Government
 • Type Village council
Population (2006)
 • Jurisdiction 918
Name meaning Khurbet Kila, the ruin of Kila[1]

Qila (Arabic: قيلة‎) is a Palestinian village located eleven kilometers north-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 918 in mid-year 2006.[2] The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1 and at Beit Ula, Kharas or Nuba where the healthcare is at level 2.[3]

History

Many scholars identify Qila with the biblical Keilah, mentioned in 1 Samuel.[4]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  2. ↑ Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. ↑ West Bank Health care at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2006-03-13)
  4. ↑ David Toshio Tsumura, The First Book of Samuel (NICOT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007), 550.

Bibliography

  • Conder, C.R. (1877). "Notes from the Memoir". Quarterly statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 9: 85–89. (p. 86)
  • 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. (pp. 314, 357)
  • Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (Check pp. 341–343; pp. 350-351)
  • 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.


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