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]
Qalqas | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | قلقس |
  Qalqas Location of Qalqas within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°29′31″N 35°05′48″E / 31.49194°N 35.09667°E | |
| Palestine grid | 158/100 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,709 |
| Name meaning | "The ruin of potatoes"[2] |
History
editFrench 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
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 400
- ^ "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) - ^ Guérin, 1869, pp. 212, 257-258
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p. 358
Bibliography
edit- Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 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.
External links
edit- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Qalqas Village (Fact Sheet), Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem, (ARIJ)
- Qalqas Village Profile, ARIJ
- Qalqas Village Area Photo, ARIJ
- The priorities and needs for development in Qalqas village based on the community and local authorities’ assessment, ARIJ
