Qabatiya (Arabic : قباطية , also spelled Qabatia and Qabatiyah ; Hebrew : קבטיה ) is a Palestinian city located in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank 6 km south of Jenin . According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the town had a population of 19,197 in 2007.[ 1]
Its total land area consists of 50,547 dunams and it is situated approximately 256m above sea level.[ 2] Qabatiya is famous for its olive groves , modern agriculture, and limestone industry. It is a part of the Jenin Governorate .
Salah al-Din mosque in the town of Qabatiya.
Teachers at the boys' high school, 1980.
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