Qila, Hebron

Municipality type D in Hebron, State of Palestine

Qila

Municipality type D (Village council)

Arabic 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; 35.00306
Palestine grid| 150/113
State| State of Palestine
Governorate| Hebron
Government

• Type| Village council
Population

(2006)

• Total

| 918
Name meaning| Khurbet Kila, the ruin of Kila[1]

Qila (Arabic: قيلة) is a Palestinian village located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) 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

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

## Footnotes

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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" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. ^ David Toshio Tsumura, The First Book of Samuel (NICOT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007), 550.

## Bibliography

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* 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. Vol. 3\. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 314, 357)
* Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 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.

## External links

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* Welcome To Qila
* Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons

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Hebron Governorate

Cities|

* Bani Na'im
* ad-Dhahiriya (incl: Khirbet Deir Shams•Khirbet Shuweika• Somara
* Dura (incl: Al-Hijra)
* Halhul
* Hebron (al-Khalil) (incl: Arab al-Fureijat • al-Baqa • Al Bowereh • Qalqas • Qla'a Zeta • Wadi al Hussein)
* Idna (incl: Suba)
* Sa'ir (incl: ad-Duwwara • al-Uddeisa • (Beit Einun •  Kuziba)
* as-Samu (incl: Khirbat al-Simia)
* Tarqumiyah
* Yatta

Towns|

* Beit Awwa
* Beit Kahil
* Beit Ula (Qila)
* Beit Ummar (Jala * Khirbet Safa)
* Deir Sammit • As Simiya
* Kharas
* Nuba
* ash-Shuyukh (Hamrush)
* Surif (Khirbet al-Deir)
* Taffuh
* Khalet al-Maiyya

Villages|

* Anab al-Kabir
* al-Karmil
* Arab al-Ka'abneh
* Beit 'Amra
* Beit Maqdum
* Al-Muwarraq
* Beit ar-Rush al-Tahta
* al-Burj • (Beit Mirsim • Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa)
* Al-Bireh
* Al-Buweib
* Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa
* Deir al-Asal al-Tahta
* Deir Razih
* ad-Deirat
* Ar-Rifa'iyya
* Fuqeiqis
* Hadab al-Alaqa
* Hadab al-Fawwar
* al-Heila
* Hatta
* Hureiz
* Imneizil
* Imreish
* Jala
* Karma
* Abda
* al-Karmil
* Khallet Edar
* Khallet al-Aqed
* Khalet al-Maiyya (at-Tabaqa • Umm Lasafa • Wadi Ubeid)
* Khallet al-Masafer
* Khashem al-Daraj
* Khallet Salih
* Kheroshewesh Wal Hadedeyah
* Khirbet Salama
* Khirbet Zanuta
* Khursa
* al-Kum
* Kurza
* Kuseis
* Ma'in
* al-Majd
* Marah al-Baqqar
* Masafer Yatta
* An-Najada
* Rabud
* al-Ramadin
* ar-Rihiya
* Sahel Wadi Elma
* Tawas
* Sikka
* Shuyukh al-Arrub
* as-Sura
* Susya
* Tarrama
* at-Tuwani
* Umm Ashoqan
* Umm al-Butm
* Umm al-Khair
* Wadi al-Amayer
* Wadi al-Kilab
* Wadi ash-Shajina
* Zif

Refugee camps|

* al-Arroub
* Fawwar

Other|

* Dura Museum
* Hebron University Museum
* Wadi al-Quf Reserve
* Tkiyet Nabi Nuh
* Al-Takiya Al-Ibrahimiya

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