Ibziq

Khirbet Ibziq
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicإبزيق
Khirbet Ibziq is located in State of Palestine
Khirbet Ibziq
Khirbet Ibziq
Location of Salhab within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°22′44″N 35°25′46″E / 32.37889°N 35.42944°E / 32.37889; 35.42944
Palestine grid188/197
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateTubas
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Area
 • Total800 dunams (80 ha or 200 acres)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total129
 • Density160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Name meaning"Kh. Ibzîk, the ruin of Ibzîk, p.n.,"[2]

Khirbet Ibziq, Kh. Ibzîk, the ruin of Ibzîk, p.n.[2] is the name of a village[3] with two ruins in the West Bank, separated by one kilometer and referred to in the Manasseh Hill Country Survey as Khirbet Ibziq (Lower, al-Tahta) and Khirbet Ibziq (Upper, al-Fauqa). They are about twenty kilometers northeast of Nablus.[4] The "Lower" site is to the northeast of the "Upper" site.[5]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Palmer, 1881, p. 201
  3. ^ Kh Ebziq (Fact Sheet), ARIJ
  4. ^ Freedman and Myers, 2000, p. 177
  5. ^ Zertal, 2007, p. 191