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Qila
Municipality type D (Village council)
Arabic transcription(s)
QilaLocation of Qila within Palestine
Coordinates: 31°36′58″N 35°00′11″E / 31.61611°N 35.00306°E / 31.61611; 35.00306
Palestine grid	150/113
State	State of Palestine
Governorate	Hebron
Government
• Type	Village council
Population
• Total	918
Name meaning	Khurbet Kila, the ruin of Kila

Qila (Arabic: قيلة) is a Palestinian village located 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north-west of Hebron. The village is in the Hebron Governorate Southern West Bank. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, the village had a population of 918 in mid-year 2006. The primary health care facilities for the village are at Qila designated by the Ministry of Health as level 1 and at Beit Ula, Kharas or Nuba where the healthcare is at level 2.

History

Many scholars identify Qila with the biblical Keilah, mentioned in 1 Samuel.

Footnotes

1. Palmer, 1881, p. 400
2. Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
3. "West Bank Health care" (PDF). Archived from the original on 2006-03-13. Retrieved 2016-05-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
4. David Toshio Tsumura, The First Book of Samuel (NICOT; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2007), 550.

Bibliography

• Conder, C.R. (1877). "Notes from the Memoir". Quarterly Statement - Palestine Exploration Fund. 9: 85–89. (p. 86)
• Conder, C.R.; Kitchener, H.H. (1883). The Survey of Western Palestine: Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Archaeology. Vol. 3. London: Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund. (pp. 314, 357)
• Guérin, V. (1869). Description Géographique Historique et Archéologique de la Palestine (in French). Vol. 1: Judee, pt. 3. Paris: L'Imprimerie Nationale. (Check pp. 341–343; pp. 350-351)
• Palmer, E.H. (1881). The Survey of Western Palestine: Arabic and English Name Lists Collected During the Survey by Lieutenants Conder and Kitchener, R. E. Transliterated and Explained by E.H. Palmer. Committee of the Palestine Exploration Fund.

External links

• Welcome To Qila
• Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons

v t e Hebron Governorate
Cities	Bani Na'im ad-Dhahiriya Dura Halhul Hebron (al-Khalil) (incl: Arab al-Fureijat • al-Baqa • Al Bowereh • Qalqas • Qla'a Zeta • Wadi al Hussein) Idna Sa'ir (incl: ad-Duwwara • al-Uddeisa • Beit Einun • Kuziba) as-Samu (incl: Khirbat al-Simia) Tarqumiyah Yatta
Towns	Beit Awwa Beit Kahil Beit Ula (Qila) Beit Ummar (Jala * Khirbet Safa) Deir Sammit Kharas Nuba ash-Shuyukh (Hamrush) Surif (Khirbet al-Deir) Taffuh
Villages	Anab al-Kabir Arab al-Ka'abneh Beit 'Amra Beit Maqdum Beit ar-Rush al-Tahta al-Burj (Beit Mirsim • Beit ar-Rush al-Fauqa) al-Buweib Deir al-'Asal al-Fauqa Deir al-'Asal al-Tahta Deir Razih ad-Deirat Fuqeiqis Hadab al-Alaqa Hadab al-Fawwar al-Heila Hitta Hureiz Imneizil Imreish Jala Karma al-Karmil Khallet Edar Khallet al-Aqed Khalet al-Maiyya (at-Tabaqa • Umm Lasafa • Wadi Ubeid) Khallet al-Masafer Khashem al-Daraj Khallet Salih Kheroshewesh Wal Hadedeyah Khirbet Salama Khirbet Zanuta Khursa al-Kum Kurza Kuseis Ma'in al-Majd Marah al-Baqqar Masafer Yatta an-Najada Rabud al-Ramadin ar-Rihiya Sahel Wadi Elma Sikka Shuyukh al-Arrub as-Sura Susya Tarrama at-Tuwani Umm Ashoqan Umm al-Butm Umm al-Khair Wadi al-Amayer Wadi al-Kilab Wadi ash-Shajina Zif
Refugee camps	al-Arroub Fawwar

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