Wadi Fukin | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | وادي فوكين |
| • Latin | Wadi Fukin (official) Wadi Foukin (unofficial) |
 Wadi Fukin as seen from Beitar Illit | |
  Wadi Fukin Location of Wadi Fukin within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°42′24″N 35°06′14″E / 31.70667°N 35.10389°E | |
| Palestine grid | 159/123 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Ahmad Sukkar |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,347 dunams (4.3 km2 or 1.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 1,342 |
| • Density | 310/km2 (810/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "Valley of thorns"[2] or "Valley of Fukin"[3] |
Wadi Fukin (Arabic: وادي فوقين) is a Palestinian village in the West Bank, eight kilometers southwest of Bethlehem in the Bethlehem Governorate. The village is located on 700 acres of land,[4] between the Green Line and the Israeli West Bank barrier,[5] with the Israeli settlement of Beitar Illit on one side and the Israeli town of Tzur Hadasa on the other.[4] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Wadi Fukin had a population of over 1,342 in 2017.[1] The village relies on agriculture as its primary source of income.[6] Israel served eviction orders on the village in September 2014.[7]
Ahmad Sukkar is the head of the village council.[8]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Stories from Palestine Wadi Fukin Archived 2011-07-24 at the Wayback Machine Khano, Delia. This Week in Palestine. 2007-07-09
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p.333
- ^ a b David Tepper, 'The fight to save a village continues in Wadi Fukin,' Archived 2014-11-27 at the Wayback MachineMondoweiss 19 November 2014.
- ^ Settlement expansion and loss of Wadi Fukin's land Archived 2008-02-07 at the Wayback Machine Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2005-05-23
- ^ “Declared as State Land” New Israeli Military Orders Targeting Palestinian Lands in Al Jaba’a & Wadi Fukin villages Southwest Bethlehem city Archived 2008-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 2008-02-03
- ^ Vinciane Jacquet, 'In Pictures: Seized land in Palestine:Residents of the Wadi Fukin village received eviction notices as Israel plans on further seizing 400 hectares of land. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine Al-Jazeera 28 September 2014.
- ^ Israel seizes most West Bank land in 30 years Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine, Dalia Hatuqa, 1 Sep 2014, Al-Jazeera