Qibya
Qibya is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, located 30 kilometers northwest of Ramallah and exactly north of the large Israeli city of Modi'in. It is part of the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, and according to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 6,090 in 2017.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 4,760 residents
- Description: town in Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine
- Also known as: “Kibbia”, “Qibyā”, and “Qibye”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Shuqba Cave.
Shuqba Cave
Cave
Photo: Wala fatayer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shuqba Cave is an archaeological site in Wadi Natuf near the town of Shuqba in the West Bank, Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, Palestine. The cave is the type-site for the prehistoric Natufian culture. Shuqba Cave is situated 3 km east of Qibya.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budrus and Shuqba.
Budrus
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Budrus is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 31 kilometers northwest of Ramallah in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,596 inhabitants in 2017.
Shuqba
Village
Photo: יעקב, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Shuqba is a Palestinian town in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, located 17 kilometers northwest of the city of Ramallah in Palestine. Shuqba has a total area of 13,990 dunams, and the built-up area comprises 616 dunams. Shuqba is situated 3 km east of Qibya.
Shabtin
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Shabtin is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the central West Bank. Shabtin is located 14.4 kilometres north-west of Ramallah. Shabtin is situated 3½ km east of Qibya.
Qibya
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate, West Bank, Palestine, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
31.97743° or 31° 58′ 39″ northLongitude
35.01117° or 35° 0′ 40″ eastPopulation
4,760Elevation
256 metres (840 feet)Open location code
8G3QX2G6+XFOpenStreetMap ID
node 332788493OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
282348Wikidata ID
Q599333
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Spanish—“Qibya” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قبيا”
- Arabic: “قبيه”
- Catalan: “Qibya”
- Cebuano: “Qibyah”
- Dutch: “Qibya”
- Egyptian Arabic: “قبيا”
- Finnish: “Qibya”
- French: “Qibya”
- German: “Qibya”
- Hebrew: “קיביא”
- Hebrew: “קיביה”
- Hungarian: “Kibia”
- Irish: “Qibya”
- Japanese: “キブヤ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Qibya”
- Polish: “Kibja”
- Russian: “Кибия”
- Spanish: “Qibya”
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