al-Qubeiba | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | القبيبة |
| • Latin | al-Qubeibah (official) al-Qubaybah (unofficial) |
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  al-Qubeiba Location of al-Qubeiba withinPalestine | |
| Coordinates:31°50′24″N35°08′13″E / 31.84000°N 35.13694°E /31.84000; 35.13694 | |
| Palestine grid | 163/138 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Quds |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Mr. Hasanayn Hammouda |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 3,876 |
| Name meaning | "The little dome"[2] |
Al-Qubeiba (Arabic:القبيبة) is aPalestinian town in theJerusalem Governorate ofPalestine, located 2 kilometers northwest ofJerusalem in the centralWest Bank. According to thePalestinian Central Bureau of Statistics in 2017, the village had a population of 3,876.[1] Al-Qubeiba lies at an altitude of 783m to 795m above sea-level. It is located in a conflict area near the border withIsrael betweenRamallah and Jerusalem. The settlement ofGiv'on HaHadashah lies 5 km southeast of al-Qubeiba. It is surrounded by the town ofBiddu (east),Beit 'Anan (northwest),Qatanna (southwest), and Kharayib Umm al-Lahim (west). Unlike the surrounding region, al-Qubeiba has large areas covered with pine and olive trees.
In theCrusader era a new Frankish village was erected along the still extantRoman road and received the nameParva Mahomeria.[3] In 1159 it was mentioned in a document defining its borders withBeit 'Anan.[3][4]
After the expulsion of the Crusaders from the Holy Land, the next Christian established presence in Palestine were theFranciscan custodians of the holy sites. During the 13th century Qubeibeh was gradually adopted by pilgrims as the location ofEmmaus, the village mentioned inLuke 24:13-35, eventually replacingAbu Ghosh in this function. From 1335 on theFranciscans adopted it too and began an annual pilgrimage to this site.[5]
In 1838el-Kubeibeh was noted as a Muslim village, part ofBeni Malik area, located west of Jerusalem.[6]
In 1863 the French explorerVictor Guérin described it as a village of a hundred people who lived in old houses, each consisting of a single vaulted room.[7]
AnOttoman village list from about 1870 found thatel-kubebe had a population of 79, in 12 houses, though the population count included only men.[8][9]
In 1883, thePEF'sSurvey of Western Palestine described it as a "village of moderate size, standing on a flat ridge with a few olives to the west. [..] To the west is amonastery ofLatin monks, established in 1862."[10] A ruined Crusader church was noted.[11]
In 1896 the population ofEl-kubebe was estimated to be about 144 persons.[12]
In the1922 census of Palestine conducted by theBritish Mandate authorities, Al-Qubeiba had a population of 236 inhabitants, consisting of 26 Christians and 210 Muslims,[13] where all the Christians were Roman Catholics.[14] This had increased in the1931 census to 316, 55 Christians and 261 Muslim, in 83 residential houses.[15]
In the1945 statistics Al-Qubeiba had a population of 420; 340 Muslims and 80 Christians,[16] with 3,184dunams of land, according to an official land and population survey.[17] Of this, 534 dunams were plantations and irrigable land, 1,032 used for cereals,[18] while 22 dunams were built-up land.[19]
In the wake of the1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the1949 Armistice Agreements, Al-Qubeiba came underJordanian rule. It wasannexed by Jordan in 1950.
In 1961, the population of Qubeiba was 701,[20] of whom 116 were Christian, the rest Muslim.[21]
Since theSix-Day War in 1967 Al-Qubeiba has been underIsraeli occupation. The population in the 1967 census conducted by the Israeli authorities was 688, of whom 21 originated from the Israeli territory.[22]
After the1995 Oslo accords, 53.3% of village land was classified asArea B, and the remaining 46.2% asArea C. Israel has expropriated more than 500 dunams of village land in order to construct theWest Bank barrier.[23]
St. Cleophas Church is in Al-Qubeiba.[citation needed]
Al-Qubeiba along withBeit Duqqu,Beit 'Anan,Beit Surik,Qatanna,Biddu,Beit Ijza,Kharayib Umm al-Lahim andat-Tira form the "Biddu enclave". Theenclave is linked to Ramallah by underpasses and a road that is fenced on both sides. From the "Biddu enclave" Palestinians will travel along a fenced road that passes under a bypass road toBir Nabala enclave, then on a second underpass under Bypass Road 443 to Ramallah.[24]
Diaa' A-Din 'Abd al-Karim Ibrahim Abu 'Eid was shot dead by gunfire during an anti-barrier demonstration on 18 April 2004.[25] Muhammad Fadel Hashem Rian and Zakaria Mahmoud 'Eid Salem were shot dead during anti-barrier demonstrations on 26 February 2004 at Beit Ijaz (a satellite village of Biddu).[25]
The medical facilities for al-Qubeiba are classified as level 2 according to thePalestinian National Authority Ministry of Health.[26]
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