Aqraba | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | عقربا |
| • Latin | 'Aqraba (official) Akraba (unofficial) |
 Aqraba | |
  Aqraba Location of Aqraba within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°07′35″N 35°20′37″E / 32.12639°N 35.34361°E | |
| Palestine grid | 182/170 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Nablus |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Head of Municipality | Jawdat 'Abd al-Hadi |
| Area | |
| • Total | 34,659 dunams (34.7 km2 or 13.4 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 10,024 |
| • Density | 290/km2 (750/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | Scorpion[2] |
Aqraba (Arabic: عقربا) is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate, located eighteen kilometers southeast of Nablus in the northern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Aqraba had a population of approximately 10,024 inhabitants in 2017.[1]
According to Applied Research Institute–Jerusalem since 1967, Israel has confiscated 1,425 dunums of Aqraba and Yanun's land for use for settlements, Israeli Military bases and for the Wall Zone.[3] According to Kerem Navot, 3,265 dunams of mostly cultivated land were seized per military order T12/72 and transferred to the settlement of Gittit.[4] Nearby hamlets surround the village and are considered to be natural extensions of Aqraba; they are the khirbets of al-Arama, al-Kroom, Abu ar-Reisa, ar-Rujman, Firas ad-Din and Tell al-Khashaba. The total population of these hamlets was estimated to be 500 in 2008. The prominent families of Aqraba are Al Dayriyeh, Bani Jaber, Al-Mayadima, Bani Jame', and Bani Fadel.[5]
Aqrabah has been the site of price tag attacks by Israeli settlers.
- ^ 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. 251
- ^ Aqraba Town Profile (including Yanun Locality) ARIJ, p. 11
- ^ Etkes, Dror (August 2013). Israeli settlers' agriculture as a means of land takeover in the West Bank (PDF) (Report). Kerem Navot. pp. 30–32. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
- ^ Aqraba Village: General Information Archived March 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine Land Research Center. 2008-10-20.