Khirbet Safa (Arabic: خربة صافا) is a Palestinian village located twelve kilometers 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 1,105 in mid-year 2006.[2]
Khirbet Safa | |
|---|---|
| Arabic transcription(s) | |
| • Arabic | خربة صافا |
| • Latin | Safa (official) |
  Khirbet Safa Location of Khirbet Safa within Palestine | |
| Coordinates: 31°38′32″N 35°06′02″E / 31.64222°N 35.10056°E | |
| State | State of Palestine |
| Governorate | Hebron |
| Government | |
| • Type | Village council |
| Population (2006) | |
• Total | 1,105 |
| Name meaning | "clear", or "bright"[1] |
History
editIn 1883 the PEF's Survey of Western Palestine described it as "a small village, with a well to the north, on the west slope just below the watershed."[3]
Footnotes
edit- ^ Palmer, 1881, p. 407
- ^ Projected Mid -Year Population for Hebron Governorate by Locality 2004- 2006 Archived 2008-09-20 at the Wayback Machine Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
- ^ Conder and Kitchener, 1883, SWP III, p.309
Bibliography
edit- 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.
- 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
edit- Welcome To Kh. Safa
- Survey of Western Palestine, Map 21: IAA, Wikimedia commons
