| Ras Atiya | |
| Translit Lang1: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Type: | Arabic |
| Translit Lang1 Info: | Arabic: رأس عطيّه Arabic: خربة رأس عطيّه |
| Translit Lang1 Type1: | Latin |
| Translit Lang1 Info1: | Ras Atiya (official) Khirbat Ras Atiya (unofficial) |
| Type: | Municipality type D (Village council) |
| Pushpin Map: | Palestine |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Ras Atiya within Palestine |
| Coordinates: | 32.1587°N 34.9908°W |
| Grid Name: | Palestine grid |
| Grid Position: | 149/174 |
| Subdivision Type: | State |
| Subdivision Name: | State of Palestine |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Qalqilya |
| Established Title: | Founded |
| Unit Pref: | dunam |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Total: | 2129 |
| Population As Of: | 2017 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Name meaning |
| Blank Info Sec1: | Râs ’Atîyeh: "The hill-top of ’Ata"[2] Kh. Ras et Tireh: "The ruin of the hill-top of the fort of Tireh"[3] |
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 2,129 inhabitants in 2017.
Ras ‘Atiya (including Ras at Tira and Wadi ar Rasha) is located 4-5 km south of Qalqiliya. It is bordered by ‘Izbat al Ashqar to the east, Ad Dab’a to the east and south, ‘Izbat Jalud and Al Mudawwar to the south, Habla to the west, and An Nabi Elyas and ‘Arab Abu Farda to the north.[4]
In 1882, the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Ras et Tireh: "walls and cisterns."[5]
In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, and after the 1949 Armistice Agreements, the area came under Jordanian rule.
In 1961, the population was 224.[6]
After the Six-Day War in 1967, the area has been under Israeli occupation.
After the 1995 accords, 32.2 % of Ras 'Atiya land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 67.8 % is Area C.[7] Under the same accord, 5% of Ras al-Tira land is defined as Area B, while the remainder 95 % is Area C,[7] while 100% of Wadi ar Rasha land is Area C,[7]
Israel has confiscated 51 dunams of land from Ras at Tira in order to construct the Israeli settlement of Alfei Menashe.[8]
. 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.
