Qalqilya
Sign in to saveQalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Israel, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. 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. Qalqilya is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (as part of Area A), while remaining under Israeli military occupation.
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Place details
- Locality
- Qalqilya
- Region
- West Bank
- Country
- الأراضي الفلسطينية
- Population
- 43,212
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Qalqilya
- Settlement.translit_lang1_type
- Arabic
- Settlement.image_skyline
- قلقيلية.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Qalqilya
- Settlement.image_blank_emblem
- Qalqilya Logo.gif
- Settlement.blank_emblem_type
- Municipal Seal of Qalqilya
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Israel#West Bank
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location of Qalqilya within Israel##Location of Qalqilya within the West Bank
- Settlement.mapframe
- yes
- Settlement.mapframe zoom
- 13
- Settlement.grid_name
- Israel grid
- Settlement.grid_position
- 146/177
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- قلقيلية
- Country
- Palestine
- Located in
- Qalqilya Governorate
- Population
- +41739
- Area
- +10252
- Time zone
- UTC+03:00
- Capital of
- Qalqilya Governorate
- Official website
- qalqiliamun.ps
- Image
- Qalqilyah.JPG
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20 sectionsContents
- History
- Ottoman period
- British Mandate period
- 1948 War
- Jordanian occupation
- Post 1967
- Geography
- Demographics
- Government
- Economy
- Souqs
- Land usage and the barrier
- Education
- Culture
- Sister cities
- Notable people
- Gallery
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
Qalqilya or Qalqiliya () is a city in the West Bank, Israel, which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. The city had a population of 51,683 in 2017. 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. Qalqilya is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (as part of Area A), while remaining under Israeli military occupation.
thumb|Qalqilya According to Edward Henry Palmer, the name came from "a type of pomegranate", or "gurgling of water". Qalqilya was known as Calecailes in the Roman period, and Calcelie in the Frankish sources from the early Medieval times. The word "Qalqilya" might be derived from a Canaanite term which means "rounded stones or hills".