Global InformationTeqoa information
Teqoa | |
|---|---|
Municipality type C | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | تقوع |
| • Latin | Taqua (official) Teqoa (unofficial) Tuqu' (historical) |
![A sketch of "Tekoa - Fureidis, Palestine"[1]](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/ca/Tekoa_-_Fureidis%2C_p._425_in_Thomson%2C_1859_cropped.jpg/250px-Tekoa_-_Fureidis%2C_p._425_in_Thomson%2C_1859_cropped.jpg) A sketch of "Tekoa - Fureidis, Palestine"[1] | |
  Teqoa Location of Teqoa within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′11″N 35°12′52″E / 31.63639°N 35.21444°E | |
| Palestine grid | 170/115 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Khaled Ahmad Hamida |
| Area (built-up) | |
| • Total | 590 dunams (0.6 km2 or 0.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,767 |
| • Density | 15,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The ruin of Tekua",[3] or "the place for pitching tents" |
- Khirbet ad-Deir, part of Teqoa, should not be confused with Khirbet ad-Deir in Hebron Governorate.
Teqoa (Arabic: تقوع, also spelled Tuquʿ) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate, located 12 km (7.5 mi) southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The town is built adjacent to the biblical site of Tekoa (Thecoe), now Khirbet Tuqu', from which it takes its name. Today's town includes three other localities: Khirbet ad-Deir, al-Halkoom, and Khirbet Teqoa.[4] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Teqoa had a population of 8,767 in 2017.[2]
The town is a part of the 'Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, along with Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Khirbet ad-Deir, Nuaman, Ubeidiya and al-Asakra. Tuqu has a municipal jurisdiction of over 191,262 dunams, but its built-up area consists of 590 dunams,[4] as 98.5% of the village's land was classified as Area C, and 1.5% as Area B in the 1995 accords.[5] Situated in the immediate vicinity is the modern Israeli settlement of Tekoa, established in 1975 as a military outpost. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law.[6]
- ^ Thomson, 1859, p. 425
- ^ a b Preliminary Results of the Population, Housing and Establishments Census, 2017 (PDF). Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) (Report). State of Palestine. February 2018. pp. 64–82. Retrieved 2023-10-24.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 402
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ARIJwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ '15 Palestinians detained in Tuqu near Bethlehem', Ma'an News Agency 19 March 2015.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.