| Qalqas | |
| Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | قلقس |
| Type: | Municipality type D (Village council) |
| Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Qalqas within Palestine |
| Coordinates: | 31.4919°N 35.0967°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 158/100 |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Hebron |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 1709 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Name meaning |
| Blank Info Sec1: | "The ruin of potatoes"[2] |
Qalqas or Qilqis (Arabic: قلقس) is a Palestinian village located four kilometers south of Hebron and adjacent to Beit Hagai. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 1,709 in 2017. The primary health care facilities for the village are designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1.[3]
French explorer Victor Guérin visited the place in 1863, and described it as "the ruins of a large village".[4]
In 1883, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine called the place Khurbet Kilkis. It was described as having "walls and cisterns, and rock-cut tombs".[5]
. Victor Guérin. Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine. 1: Judee, pt. 3. 1869. L'Imprimerie Nationale. Paris. French.
. 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.
