Khirbat Qeis | |
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Arabic transcription(s) | |
• Arabic | خربة قيس |
Location of Khirbat Qais within Palestine | |
Coordinates: 32°03′44″N 35°10′40″E / 32.06222°N 35.17778°E | |
Palestine grid | 166/163 |
State | State of Palestine |
Governorate | Salfit |
Government | |
• Type | Village council |
Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 273 |
Name meaning | Kh. Keis, the ruin of the Keis tribe, whose feuds with the Yamani faction have disturbed Syria since the time of the Caliphate[2] |
Khirbat Qais (Arabic: خربة قيس) is a Palestinian village in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank. In 2010 it became a suburb of Salfit, about 4 km south of Salfit.