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]
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]
. 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.