Qalqilya
قلقيلية | |
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 View of Qalqilya, with the West Bank barrier | |
 Municipal Seal of Qalqilya | |
| Coordinates: 32°11′25″N 34°58′07″E / 32.19028°N 34.96861°E | |
| Palestine grid | 146/177 |
| State |  Palestine |
| Governorate | Qalqilya |
| Government | |
| • Type | City |
| • Head of Municipality | Othman Dawoud |
| Area | |
• Jurisdiction | 25,637 dunams (25.6 km2 or 9.9 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Jurisdiction | 51,683 |
| Website | https://qalqiliamun.ps/ |
Qalqilya or Qalqiliya (Arabic: قلقيلية, romanized: Qalqīlyaḧ) is a Palestinian city in the West Bank which serves as the administrative center of the Qalqilya Governorate. In the 2017 census, the city had a population of 51,683.[1] Qalqilya is surrounded by the Israeli West Bank wall, with a narrow gap in the east controlled by the Israeli military and a tunnel to the Palestinian town of Hableh.[2][3] Qalqilya is under the administration of the Palestinian National Authority (as part of Area A), while remaining under Israeli military occupation. Oranges are a major part of the city's economy.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dani Filc and Hadas Ziv (2006). "Exception as the Norm and the Fiction of Sovereignty: The Lack of the Right to Health Care in the Occupied Territories". In John Parry (ed.). Evil, Law and the State: Perspectives on State Power and Violence. Editions Rodopi B.V. p. 75. ISBN 9789042017481.
- ^ United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Qalqiliya Closures map for December 2011 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine