Khirbet Safa Explained

Khirbet Safa
Translit Lang1:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Type:Arabic
Translit Lang1 Info:Arabic: خربة صافا
Translit Lang1 Type1:Latin
Translit Lang1 Info1:Safa (official)
Type:Municipality type D (Village council)
Pushpin Map:Palestine
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Khirbet Safa within Palestine
Coordinates:31.6422°N 35.1006°W
Grid Name:Palestine grid
Subdivision Type:State
Subdivision Name:State of Palestine
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Hebron
Established Title:Founded
Unit Pref:dunam
Population Total:1,105
Population As Of:2006
Population Density Km2:auto
Blank Name Sec1:Name meaning
Blank Info Sec1:"clear", or "bright"[1]

Khirbet Safa (Arabic: خربة صافا) is a Palestinian village located twelve 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 1,105 in mid-year 2006.[2]

History

In 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a small village, with a well to the north, on the west slope just below the watershed."[3]

Bibliography

. Edward Henry Palmer. 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.

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Notes and References

  1. Palmer, 1881, p. 407
  2. http://www.pcbs.gov.ps/Portals/_pcbs/populati/pop11.aspx Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006
  3. Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p.309