Ras Atiya
Template:Infobox Palestinian Authority muni 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 approximately 1,599 inhabitants in 2006.[1]
History
In 1882, the Palestine Exploration Fund's Survey of Western Palestine found at Kh. Ras et Tireh: "walls and cisterns."[2]
References
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Qalqiliya Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1882, SWP II, p. 355
Bibliography
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ras Atiya.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ras at-Tira.
- Conder, Claude Reignier; Kitchener, Herbert H. (1882). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 2. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.
- 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.
External links
- Welcome To Khirbat Ras Atiya
- Welcome To Kh. Ras al-Tira
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 14: IAA, Wikimedia commons
- Ras 'Atiya (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities) (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
- Ras ‘Atiya Village Profile (including Ras at Tira & Wadi ar Rasha Localities), ARIJ
- Ras ‘Atiya, aerial photo, ARIJ
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