Qalqilya

Qalqilya
قلقيلية
View of Qalqilya, with the West Bank barrier
View of Qalqilya, with the West Bank barrier
Official logo of Qalqilya
Qalqilya is located in State of Palestine
Qalqilya
Qalqilya
Location of Qalqilya within Palestine
Qalqilya is located in the West Bank
Qalqilya
Qalqilya
Location of Qalqilya within the West Bank
Coordinates: 32°11′25″N 34°58′07″E / 32.19028°N 34.96861°E / 32.19028; 34.96861
Palestine grid146/177
State Palestine
GovernorateQalqilya
Government
 • TypeCity
 • Head of MunicipalityOthman Dawoud
Area
 • Jurisdiction25,637 dunams (25.6 km2 or 9.9 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Jurisdiction51,683
Websitehttps://qalqiliamun.ps/
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Qalqilya or Qalqiliya (Arabic: قلقيلية, romanizedQalqīlyaḧ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. In the 2017 census, the city had a population of 51,683.[1] Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank wall, with a narrow gap in the east controlled by the Israeli military and a tunnel to the Palestinian town of Hableh.[2][3] Qalqilya is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (as part of Area A), while remaining under Israeli military occupation. Oranges are a major part of the city's economy.

  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. ^ Dani Filc and Hadas Ziv (2006). "Exception as the Norm and the Fiction of Sovereignty: The Lack of the Right to Health Care in the Occupied Territories". In John Parry (ed.). Evil, Law and the State: Perspectives on State Power and Violence. Editions Rodopi B.V. p. 75. ISBN 9789042017481.
  3. ^ United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Qalqiliya Closures map for December 2011 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine

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