Ras Atiya

Ras Atiya
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
 • Arabicرأس عطيّه
خربة رأس عطيّه
 • LatinRas Atiya (official)
Khirbat Ras Atiya (unofficial)
Map of the path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves
Map of the path of the separation barrier around the Qalqilya and Hableh-Ras Atiya enclaves
Ras Atiya is located in State of Palestine
Ras Atiya
Ras Atiya
Location of Ras Atiya within Palestine
Coordinates: 32°09′31.32″N 34°59′26.89″E / 32.1587000°N 34.9908028°E / 32.1587000; 34.9908028
Palestine grid149/174
StateState of Palestine
GovernorateQalqilya
Government
 • TypeVillage council
Population
 (2017)[1]
 • Total2,129
Name meaningRâs ’Atîyeh: "The hill-top of ’Ata"[2]
Kh. Ras et Tireh: "The ruin of the hill-top of the fort of Tireh"[3]

Ras Atiya (Arabic: رأس عطيّه; Hebrew: ראס עטיה) is a Palestinian town in the Qalqilya Governorate in the western area of the West Bank, located 27 km south of Tulkarm and 11 km south of Qalqiliya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 2,129 inhabitants in 2017.[1]

  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. 240
  3. ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 236