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Aqqaba () is a Palestinian town located on a slope in the Jordan Valley in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers northeast of Jenin in the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 8,239 inhabitants in the 2017 census.

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Settlement.name
'Aqqaba
Settlement.translit_lang1
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type
Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info
عقّابة
Settlement.translit_lang1_type1
Latin
Settlement.translit_lang1_info1
al-Aqaba (official)Akkaba (unofficial)
Settlement.type
Municipality type C
Settlement.pushpin_map
Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location of 'Aqqaba within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name
Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position
183/195
Settlement.subdivision_type
State
Settlement.subdivision_name
State of Palestine
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tubas
Settlement.established_title
Founded
Settlement.government_type
Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref
dunam

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Wikidata facts

Population
6239
Area
6500
Elevation
750
Image
MountBezeqAkabeRasElBad8123.JPG
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Commons category
'Aqqaba
native label
عقّابة
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8 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Ottoman era
  • British Mandate of Palestine
  • Jordanian era
  • Post 1967
  • References
  • Bibliography
  • External links

Aqqaba () is a Palestinian town located on a slope in the Jordan Valley in the northern West Bank, 15 kilometers northeast of Jenin in the Tubas Governorate of the State of Palestine. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population of 8,239 inhabitants in the 2017 census.

==History== Pottery remains from the Persian, Hellenistic and Byzantine eras have been found here.

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