Jubbet ad-Dib

Jubbet ad-Dib
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicجبة الذيب
 • LatinJubbet adh-Dhib (official)
Jub al-Dib (unofficial)
Jubbet ad-Dib is located in State of Palestine
Jubbet ad-Dib
Jubbet ad-Dib
Location of Jubbet ad-Dib within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°39′48″N 35°14′54″E / 31.66333°N 35.24833°E / 31.66333; 35.24833
Palestine grid173/119
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateBethlehem
Founded1929
Government
 • TypeLocal Development Committee
 • Head of MunicipalityRiad Khamis[1]
Area
 • Total402 dunams (0.4 km2 or 0.2 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[2]
 • Total144
 • Density360/km2 (930/sq mi)
Name meaning"the Well of Wolves"

Jubbet ad-Dib (Arabic: جبة الذيب, also spelled Jubbet adh-Dhib) is a small Palestinian village in the central West Bank, part of the Bethlehem Governorate. It is located about 6.5 kilometers southeast of Bethlehem and is just east of the Palestinian town of Jannatah and north of the Israeli settlement Kfar Eldad.[3] Its lands border on the settlement of Havat Sdeh Bar.[4] It had a population of 144 according to the 2017 census by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS).[2] Jubbet ad-Dib has a total land area of 402 dunams, of which 8 constitute as built-up area, and is situated at an altitude of 628 meters above sea level.[3]

  1. ^ Jubbet adh-Dhib. Jerusalem Media and Communications Center.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b Jubbet adh-Dhib Village Profile. Applied Research Institute-Jerusalem. 2008.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Ahituv was invoked but never defined (see the help page).