Abu Qash
| Abu Qash | |
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| Other transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | ابو قش |
| • Also spelled |
Abu Qash (official) Abu Qashsh (unofficial) |
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  Abu Qash Location of Abu Qash within the Palestinian territories | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′04″N 35°11′03″E / 31.95111°N 35.18417°ECoordinates: 31°57′04″N 35°11′03″E / 31.95111°N 35.18417°E | |
| Palestine grid | 167/150 |
| Governorate | Ramallah & al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Jurisdiction | 1,404 |
Abu Qash (Arabic: ابو قش) is a Palestinian town located in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate in the northern West Bank, 6 kilometers (3.7 mi) north of Ramallah and 1 kilometer (0.62 mi) south of the Birzeit University. According to a census conducted in 1931 by the British Mandate authorities, Khirbet Abu Qash had a population of 246 inhabitants, in 49 houses.[1] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, it had a population of approximately 1,404 in 2007.[2]
References
- ↑ Mills, 1932, p.47
- ↑ 2007 PCBS Census. Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics. p.113.
Bibliography
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- Barron, J. B., ed. (1923). Palestine: Report and General Abstracts of the Census of 1922. Government of Palestine.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, H. H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (p. 293)
- Finkelstein, Israel; Lederman, Zvi, eds. (1997). Highlands of many cultures. Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology of Tel Aviv University Publications Section. ISBN 965-440-007-3. (p. 411)
- Guérin, Victor (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (p. 34)
- Hadawi, Sami (1970). Village Statistics of 1945: A Classification of Land and Area ownership in Palestine. Palestine Liberation Organization Research Center.
- Mills, E., ed. (1932). Census of Palestine 1931. Population of Villages, Towns and Administrative Areas. Jerusalem: Government of Palestine.
- Palmer, E. H. (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. (the father of Kǔsh (a bucket) p. 221)
External links
- Welcome To Abu Qashsh
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Abu Qash Village (fact sheet), ARIJ
- Abu Qash Village profile, ARIJ
- Abu Qash, aerial photo, ARIJ
- Locality Development Priorities and Needs in Abu Qash Village, ARIJ
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