Jibiya, Ramallah

Jibiya, Ramallah
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicجبيّا
Jibiya, Ramallah is located in State of Palestine
Jibiya, Ramallah
Jibiya, Ramallah
Location of Jibiya, Ramallah within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°59′50″N 35°09′40″E / 31.99722°N 35.16111°E / 31.99722; 35.16111
Palestine grid165/156
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateRamallah and al-Bireh
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total156
Name meaningJibia, from personal name[2]

Jibiya is a Palestinian village in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. It was founded after the 16th century.[3] It is mentioned in text from 1697.[4]

  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. ^ Palmer, 1881, p.230
  3. ^ Grossman, D. (1986). "Oscillations in the Rural Settlement of Samaria and Judaea in the Ottoman Period". in Shomron studies. Dar, S., Safrai, S., (eds). Tel Aviv: Hakibbutz Hameuchad Publishing House. p. 356
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Maundrell1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).