Qila, Hebron

Qila (Arabic: قيلة) is a Palestinian village located eleven kilometers north-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 918 in mid-year 2006.[2] The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1 and at Beit Ula, Kharas or Nuba where the healthcare is at level 2.[3]

Qila
Arabic transcription(s)
Qila
Location of Qila within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′58″N 35°00′11″E
Palestine grid150/113
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateHebron
Government
  TypeVillage council
Population
 (2006)
  Total918
Name meaningKhurbet Kila, the ruin of Kila[1]

History

Many scholars identify Qila with the biblical Keilah, mentioned in 1 Samuel.[4]

Footnotes

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 400
  2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
  3. "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  4. David Toshio Tsumura, The First Book of Samuel (NICOT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007), 550.

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