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Shuqba

Shuqba is a Palestinian town in the , located 17 kilometers northwest of the city of in Palestine. Shuqba has a total area of 13,990 dunams, and the built-up area comprises 616 dunams.
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Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • Type: Village with 4,190 residents
  • Description: village in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, State of Palestine
  • Also known as: “Shiqbah” and “Shuqbah”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Shuqba Cave.

Cave
Photo: Wala fatayer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is an archaeological site in Wadi Natuf near the town of Shuqba in the , , . The cave is the type-site for the prehistoric Natufian culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Shabtin and Nili.

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the of the State of Palestine, in the central . is located 14.4 kilometres north-west of .

Village
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is an Israeli settlement in the . Located 3.8 kilometres east of the Green line and a few hundred metres from the Palestinian village of , it is organised as a community settlement and falls under the jurisdiction of . is situated 2½ km south of Shuqba.

Village
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is a Palestinian village in the , located 30 kilometers northwest of and exactly north of the large city of Modi'in. It is part of the , and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 6,090 in 2017. is situated 3 km west of Shuqba.

Shuqba

Latitude
31.98653° or 31° 59′ 12″ north
Longitude
35.03905° or 35° 2′ 21″ east
Population
4,190
Elevation
309 metres (1,014 feet)
Open location code
8G3QX2PQ+JJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 332788523
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
281808
Wiki­data ID
Q2898432
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Spanish—“Shuqba” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “شقبا”
  • Catalan: “Shuqba”
  • Cebuano: “Shuqbā”
  • Dutch: “Shuqba”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شقبا”
  • French: “Shakba”
  • French: “Shuqba”
  • Hebrew: “שוקבא”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Shuqba”
  • Persian: “شقبه”
  • Polish: “Szukba”
  • Spanish: “Shuqba”

Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Shaqba Mosque and Cemetery.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Shuqba”. Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.