Jaba', Jerusalem
For other Palestinian villages and towns with a similar name, see Jab'a and Jaba, Jenin.
| Jaba’ | |
|---|---|
| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | جبع |
  Jaba’ Location of Jaba’ within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°51′27″N 35°15′40″E / 31.85750°N 35.26111°ECoordinates: 31°51′27″N 35°15′40″E / 31.85750°N 35.26111°E | |
| Governorate | Jerusalem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 3,239 |
Jaba’ (Arabic: جبع; Hebrew: ג'בע) is a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate, located 10 kilometers northeast of Jerusalem in the central West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 3,239 in 2006.[1]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. p. 94
- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale.
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- Robinson, Edward; Smith, Eli (1841). Biblical Researches in Palestine, Mount Sinai and Arabia Petraea: A Journal of Travels in the year 1838. 2. Boston: Crocker & Brewster. (pp. 113-114; 316)
External links
- Welcome To Jaba'
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 17: IAA, Wikimedia commons
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