Qalqas

Qalqas
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicقلقس
Qalqas is located in State of Palestine
Qalqas
Qalqas
Location of Qalqas within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°29′31″N 35°05′48″E / 31.49194°N 35.09667°E / 31.49194; 35.09667
Palestine grid158/100
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total
1,709
Name meaning"The ruin of potatoes"[2]

Qalqas or Qilqis (Arabic: قلقس) 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 1,709 in 2017.[1] 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 PEF'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. ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  3. ^ "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. ^ Guérin, 1869, pp. 212, 257-258
  5. ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 358

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