Ras Atiya

Ras Atiya
Other transcription(s)
  Arabic رأس عطيّه
خربة رأس عطيّه
  Also spelled Ras Atiya (official)
Khirbat Ras Atiya (unofficial)

Map of the path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves
Ras Atiya

Location of Ras Atiya within the Palestinian territories

Coordinates: 32°09′31.32″N 34°59′26.89″E / 32.1587000°N 34.9908028°E / 32.1587000; 34.9908028Coordinates: 32°09′31.32″N 34°59′26.89″E / 32.1587000°N 34.9908028°E / 32.1587000; 34.9908028
Palestine grid 149/174
Governorate Qalqilya
Government
  Type Village council
Population (2006)
  Jurisdiction 1,599
Name meaning Râs ’Atîyeh: "The hill-top of ’Ata"[1]
Kh. Ras et Tireh: "The ruin of the hill-top of the fort of Tireh"[2]

Ras Atiya (Arabic: رأس عطيّه; Hebrew: ראס עטיה) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 27 km south of Tulkarm and 11 km south of Qalqiliya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of approximately 1,599 inhabitants in 2006.[3]

History

In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Ras et Tireh: "walls and cisterns."[4]

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