Khirbat Qeis | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة قيس |
 Khirbat Qais, 2018 | |
  Khirbat Qeis Location of Khirbat Qais within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 32°03′44″N 35°10′40″E / 32.06222°N 35.17778°E | |
| Palestine grid | 166/163 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Salfit |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Elevation | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
| • Total | 273 |
| Name meaning | Kh. Keis, the ruin of the Keis tribe, whose feuds with the Yamani faction have disturbed Syria since the time of the Caliphate[2] |
Khirbat Qais (Arabic: خربة قيس) is a Palestinian village in the Salfit Governorate in the northern West Bank. In 2010 it became a suburb of Salfit, about 4 km south of Salfit.
- ^ 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 24 October 2023.
- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 234