Qalandia

Qalandia/Kalandia
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicقلنديا
 • LatinQalandiya (unofficial)
Qalandia Village
Qalandia Village
Qalandia/Kalandia is located in State of Palestine
Qalandia/Kalandia
Qalandia/Kalandia
Location of Qalandia/Kalandia within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°51′47″N 35°12′27″E / 31.86306°N 35.20750°E / 31.86306; 35.20750
Palestine grid169/141
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateJerusalem
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Area
 • Total3,289 dunams (3.3 km2 or 1.3 sq mi)
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total572
 • Density170/km2 (450/sq mi)
Name meaningKulundia, personal name[2]
The barrier in northern Jerusalem, which confines Kalandia village (in the north) to an enclave under Israeli control.

Qalandia (Arabic: قلنديا, Hebrew: קלנדיה), also Kalandiya, is a Palestinian village located in the West Bank, between Jerusalem and Ramallah, just west from the Jerusalem municipality boundary. The village had a population of 572 residents in 2017.[1] Qalandia is also the name of a refugee camp, established by UNRWA in 1949. It is located just east from Jerusalem municipality. Qalandia refugee camp was built for Palestinians refugees from Lydda, Ramle and Jerusalem of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.[3]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 321
  3. ^ Kalandia Refugee Camp