Kharbatha al-Misbah | |
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| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربثا المصباح |
| • Latin | Kharbatha al-Misbah (official) Khirbet al-Misbah, Khurbetha ibn es Seba (unofficial) |
 Kharbatha al-Misbah, east entrance | |
  Kharbatha al-Misbah Location of Kharbatha al-Misbah within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°53′5″N 35°04′18″E / 31.88472°N 35.07167°E | |
| Palestine grid | 156/143 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| • Head of Municipality | Sa'di Jabir Ibrahim Daraj[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 4,431 dunams (4.4 km2 or 1.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 390 m (1,280 ft) |
| Population (2017)[3] | |
| • Total | 6,366 |
| • Density | 1,400/km2 (3,700/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The Ruins of the son of the wild beast, or "of seven""[4] |
Kharbatha al-Misbah (Arabic: خربثا المصباح) is a Palestinian town in the central West Bank, located 12.5 kilometers (7.8 mi) west of Ramallah in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the town had a population of 6,366 in 2017.[3] It has a total land area of 4,431 dunams, of which 644 are built-up areas and the remainder agricultural lands and forests.[5]
- ^ West Bank Archived 2008-12-19 at the Wayback Machine Local Elections ( Round two)- Successful candidates by local authority, gender and No. of votes obtained, Kharbatha Misbah p 22
- ^ Kharbatha al Misbah Village Profile, ARIJ, p. 4
- ^ 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. 313
- ^ New Colonial Road to be constructed on lands of western Ramallah Villages Archived 2007-08-14 at the Wayback Machine Applied Research Institute - Jerusalem. 16 January 2006.