Taybeh | |
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Town | |
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | الطيبه |
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  Taybeh Location of Taybeh  Taybeh Taybeh (the West Bank) | |
| Coordinates: 31°57′16″N 35°18′01″E / 31.95444°N 35.30028°E | |
| Palestine grid | 178/151 |
| State |  Palestine |
| Governorate | Ramallah and al-Bireh |
| Elevation | 900 m (3,000 ft) |
| Population (2017)[1] | |
• Total | 1,340 |
| Name meaning | "The goodly"[2] |
| Website | taybeh.weebly.com |
Taybeh (Arabic: الطيبة) is a Christian Palestinian village in the West Bank, 15 kilometers (9.3 miles) northeast of Jerusalem[3] and 12 kilometers (7.5 miles) northeast of Ramallah, in the Ramallah and al-Bireh Governorate of Palestine. It is 850 meters (2,790 feet) above sea level. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, Taybeh had a population of 1,340 in 2017.[1]
Taybeh is one of the about a dozen majority-Christian villages in the West Bank.
- ^ 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. 245
- ^ In search of the West Bank’s elusive Sufi Trail, Jerusalem Post