Iskaka

Iskaka () is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, 27 kilometers southwest of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of 1,198 in 2017.

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Place details

Locality: إسكاكا‎
Region: West Bank
Country: الأراضي الفلسطينية
Population: 902
Timezone: Asia/Hebron

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Iskaka
Settlement.translit_lang1: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_type: Arabic
Settlement.translit_lang1_info: إسكاكا
Settlement.type: Municipality type D (Village council)
Settlement.image_skyline: Iskaka 002.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Iskaka village council building
Settlement.pushpin_map: Palestine
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Iskaka within Palestine
Settlement.grid_name: Palestine grid
Settlement.grid_position: 171/167
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Governorate
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Salfit
Settlement.established_title: Founded
Settlement.government_type: Village council
Settlement.unit_pref: dunam
Settlement.elevation_m: 660

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Iskaka
Population: 1198
Area: 5333
Elevation: 522
Image: Iskaka4227 d13.JPG

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Commons category: Iskaka
postal code: 392

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Contents

Location
History
Ottoman era
British Mandate era
Jordanian era
Post-1967
Demography
References
Bibliography
External links

==Location== Iskaka is east of Salfit. It is bordered by As Sawiya to the east, Al Lubban ash Sharqiya to the east and south, Salfit to the south and west, and Marda, Yasuf and Jamma'in to the north.