Teqoa | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | تقوع |
| • Latin | Taqua (official) Teqoa (unofficial) Tuqu' (historical) |
![A sketch of "Tekoa - Fureidis, Palestine"[1]](view_image.php?q=Teqoa&sq=&lang=&file=File:Tekoa_-_Fureidis,_p._425_in_Thomson,_1859_cropped.jpg) A sketch of "Tekoa - Fureidis, Palestine"[1] | |
  Teqoa Location of Teqoa within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′11″N 35°12′52″E / 31.63639°N 35.21444°E | |
| Palestine grid | 170/115 |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Bethlehem |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality (from 1997) |
| • Head of Municipality | Khaled Ahmad Hamida |
| Area (built-up) | |
• Total | 590 dunams (0.6 km2 or 0.2 sq mi) |
| Population (2017)[2] | |
• Total | 8,767 |
| • Density | 15,000/km2 (38,000/sq mi) |
| Name meaning | "The ruin of Tekua",[3] or "the place for pitching tents" |
Teqoa (Arabic: تقوع, also spelled Tuquʿ) is a Palestinian town in the Bethlehem Governorate, located 12 km (7.5 mi) southeast of Bethlehem in the West Bank. The town is built adjacent to the biblical site of Tekoa (Hebrew: תְּקוֹעַ, romanized: Təqōaʿ; also called Thecoe), now Khirbet Tuqu', from which it takes its name. Today's town includes three other localities: Khirbet ad-Deir,[4] al-Halkoom, and Khirbet Teqoa.[5] According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), Teqoa had a population of 8,767 in 2017.[2]
The town is a part of the 'Arab al-Ta'amira village cluster, along with Za'atara, Beit Ta'mir, Hindaza, Khirbet ad-Deir, Nuaman, Ubeidiya and al-Asakra. Tuqu has a municipal jurisdiction of over 191,262 dunams, but its built-up area consists of 590 dunams,[5] as 98.5% of the village's land was classified as Area C, and 1.5% as Area B in the 1995 accords.[6] Situated in the immediate vicinity is the modern Israeli settlement of Tekoa, established in 1975 as a military outpost. Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, are illegal under international law.[7]
- ^ Thomson, 1859, p. 425
- ^ 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. 402
- ^ not be confused with Khirbet al-Deir in Hebron Governorate
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
ARIJwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ '15 Palestinians detained in Tuqu near Bethlehem', Ma'an News Agency 19 March 2015.
- ^ "The Geneva Convention". BBC News. 10 December 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2010.